restocking
補充する
解説 Definition
restocking は restock（商品などを補充する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。「補充している」「補充すること」を表し、店の棚、倉庫、備品などを再び満たす場面でよく使われます。
Restocking is the act or ongoing process of replacing goods or supplies that have been sold, used, or removed. As a verb form, it describes someone filling shelves, storage areas, or inventories again.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
restock「在庫を補充する」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、k を重ねず restocking と書く。発音でも re-「再び」と stock「在庫」を意識する。restock shelves、restock supplies の組み合わせが典型で、減った棚や倉庫を再び満たす場面を思い浮かべると、単なる stocking「在庫を置く」と区別しやすい。
See restocking as re- plus stocking: the stock has gone down, so someone fills it again. It is the -ing form of restock, made simply by adding -ing without doubling the k. Common combinations include restocking shelves, restocking supplies, and restocking popular items. Imagine store employees replacing products before opening or hospital staff replenishing medical supplies. The word can be a present participle in “They are restocking the shelves” or a gerund naming the activity. The re- element is important because it implies restoring an inventory that has already been reduced.
例文
The staff are restocking the shelves before the store opens.
スタッフは開店前に棚の商品を補充しています。
We spent the afternoon restocking medical supplies.
私たちは午後を使って医療用品を補充しました。
Restocking popular items quickly helps prevent customer complaints.
人気商品をすばやく補充することで、客からの苦情を防ぎやすくなります。
restocking の類義語・関連語
restocking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
接頭辞 re-（再び）＋ stock（蓄え）＋ -ing。stock は古英語 stocc（切り株・丸太）から。丸太を積み上げて蓄える行為が「在庫」の意味になった。関連語は stockpile、livestock。「減った蓄えを再び満たす」という補充の意味で使われる。
Restocking is formed from the English prefix re-, “again,” stock, and -ing. Stock goes back to Old English stocc, referring to a trunk, stump, or piece of wood. Over time, the word developed several senses involving a stored supply or accumulated quantity, including merchandise kept for sale. Restock was then created to mean supplying stock again, and restocking names that activity or presents it as ongoing.
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