リサイクル
解説 Definition
recycling は recycle（再利用する、リサイクルする）の動名詞・現在分詞で、名詞としてはリサイクルという意味です。紙やびん、プラスチックなどを捨てずに資源として再利用する活動を指します。
Recycling is the activity or process of collecting and treating used materials so that they can be made into new products instead of being discarded. It commonly applies to materials such as paper, glass, metal, and plastic.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
recycling は recycle に -ing を付けた形で、例文では主に「資源を再利用する活動」という名詞。re-「再び」＋cycle「一周する」から、物が廃棄されず資源の循環へ戻る図を思い浮かべる。recycling box、recycling paper、reduce waste とまとめて覚える。
Break recycling into re-, cycle, and -ing. The prefix re- means “again,” while a cycle goes around and returns, so recycling suggests putting a used material back into a productive cycle. As a noun, it names the activity or system, as in “Recycling reduces waste” or “a recycling box.” As an -ing form of recycle, it can also describe the action in progress. Picture paper, bottles, or plastic being collected, processed, and returned as new products rather than sent away as rubbish.
例文
Recycling helps reduce waste.
リサイクルはごみを減らすのに役立ちます。
Our school has a recycling box.
私たちの学校にはリサイクル用の箱があります。
Recycling paper is easy.
紙をリサイクルするのは簡単です。
recycling の類義語・関連語
recycling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
recycling は re-「再び」＋cycle＋-ing。cycle はギリシャ語 kyklos「輪・円」がラテン語・フランス語を経て入った語で、ぐるりと回って元へ戻る感覚から「再循環・再利用」を表す。関連語は bicycle, cyclic。
Recycling is formed from recycle plus the suffix -ing. Recycle combines re-, meaning “again” or “back,” with cycle. Cycle ultimately comes through Latin and French from Greek kyklos, meaning “circle” or “wheel.” The image of moving around and returning to an earlier point developed into the modern idea of processing discarded material so that it can enter use again.
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