reaping
刈り取る
解説 Definition
reaping は reap（刈り取る、収穫する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。作物を刈り取る意味で使い、比喩的な用法もありますが、ここでは実際の収穫を表します。
Reaping is the act or ongoing process of cutting and gathering a mature crop, especially grain such as wheat or rice. It is the present participle or gerund of reap and here refers to literal agricultural harvesting.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reaping は reap「作物を刈り取る」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、つづりは reaping、発音の核は reap /riːp/ と同じです。熟した穀物を鎌で刈る場面を思い浮かべ、reap wheat、begin reaping the rice のような作物との組み合わせで覚えましょう。ここでは比喩でなく実際の収穫です。
Reaping is formed by adding -ing directly to reap; no letter is dropped or doubled. The long vowel sound of reap remains in reaping. Picture farmers cutting mature wheat or rice and gathering the crop: this concrete harvest scene captures the meaning used here. Helpful combinations include reaping wheat, reaping rice, and reaping the crop by hand. Although English also uses reap figuratively in phrases such as “reap the benefits,” keep this entry tied to literal farm work. The related word ripe can reinforce the image of a crop mature enough to be harvested.
例文
Farmers are reaping wheat in the early morning.
農家の人たちは早朝に小麦を刈り取っています。
The workers began reaping the rice before the rain came.
作業員たちは雨が降る前に米を刈り取り始めました。
Reaping the crop by hand took the whole afternoon.
作物を手で刈り取るのに午後いっぱいかかりました。
reaping の類義語・関連語
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reaping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
reaping は reap の現在分詞で、古英語 reopan / repan「穀物を刈る」に由来する。ripe「熟した」と同系で、もともと「熟して刈り取り時になったものを取る」感覚なので、成果を reap するという比喩にも自然につながる。関連語は ripe, harvest。
Reap comes from Old English forms such as reopan or repan, meaning “to cut or gather a crop.” It belongs to an old Germanic word group associated with harvesting and has traditionally been connected with ripe, the condition in which a crop is ready to gather. Reaping is the present participle and gerund made by adding -ing to reap. Its literal agricultural sense predates later figurative uses involving consequences or rewards.
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