releasing
解放する
解説 Definition
releasing は release（解放する、放つ）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人や動物を自由にする場合や、押さえていたものを外に出す動作を表すときに使います。
Releasing is the present participle and gerund form of release. It describes the action of freeing a person or animal, letting go of something being held, or allowing something that was confined or controlled to move out.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
releasing は原形 release に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e を落として release → releasing となる。発音は /rɪˈliːsɪŋ/ で、release の /s/ を保つ。release a bird、release the handle のように、拘束や握りを解いて自由にする場面と結び付ける。
Releasing comes from release by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing: release becomes releasing. It is pronounced /rɪˈliːsɪŋ/, with the /s/ sound of the verb preserved. Keep one central image: control or restraint is removed, so someone or something can move freely. Releasing birds means setting them free, while releasing a handle means letting it go. As a present participle it can follow be, as in “They are releasing the birds”; as a gerund it can name the action, as in “Releasing the handle will stop the machine.”
例文
They are releasing the birds into the park.
彼らは鳥たちを公園に放しています。
Releasing the handle will stop the machine.
ハンドルを放すと機械が止まります。
The rescue team is releasing the trapped dog.
救助隊が閉じ込められた犬を解放しています。
releasing の類義語・関連語
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releasing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 relaxare（緩める）から古フランス語 relesser を経て英語に。re-（再び）+ laxare（緩める）の構成。関連語: relax, lax。「再び緩めて自由にする」が原義で、束縛を解くという現在の意味に直結する。
Releasing is formed from release by removing the final silent e and adding the participial suffix -ing. Release came into English through Old French relesser and is ultimately connected with Latin relaxare, “to loosen,” formed from re- and laxare, “to loosen,” from laxus, “loose.” The historical idea of loosening a restraint developed into the modern senses of freeing someone, letting go of an object, or allowing something confined to come out.
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