rocking
揺れる
解説 Definition
rocking は rock(揺れる、揺らす)の現在分詞・動名詞です。物や人が前後左右に揺れている動作を表し、進行形や名詞を説明する形で使われます。
Rocking is the -ing form of the verb rock and refers to moving, or causing something to move, gently or repeatedly backward and forward or from side to side. It is used in continuous verb forms and as a gerund or participle.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 rock「前後・左右に揺れる、揺らす」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音の中心も rock と同じ /rɑk/ または /rɒk/ です。a rocking chair「揺り椅子」や a boat rocking on the waves「波で揺れる船」のような往復運動を思い浮かべましょう。
Connect rocking directly to the base verb rock, meaning “move back and forth or from side to side.” No letter is dropped or doubled: simply add -ing. The pronunciation of rock remains at the center of the longer form. Picture a rocking chair making a repeated movement, a boat rocking on waves, or an adult gently rocking a baby. These scenes distinguish the motion sense from rock meaning a stone.
例文
The chair is rocking gently.
その椅子は静かに揺れています。
The boat was rocking on the waves.
その船は波の上で揺れていました。
She held the baby while rocking slowly.
彼女はゆっくり揺れながら赤ちゃんを抱いていました。
rocking の類義語・関連語
対義語
紛らわしい語
rocking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 roccian(揺り動かす)に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *rukkōn が起源。語根は「前後に動く」意味を持つ。関連語:rock(岩→動かない物の対比)、rocking chair(揺り椅子)。岩のように固いものでも揺れる、という動作の生々しさが語源に宿っている。
Rocking is made from the verb rock and the suffix -ing, which marks an ongoing action, a participle, or a gerund. The verb is recorded in Old English as roccian, meaning “to move by swaying.” Its history is separate from the noun rock meaning “stone,” which entered English through a different route. In this form, the word retains the verb’s sense of repeated movement.
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