rooting
応援する
解説 Definition
rooting は root（応援する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。スポーツチームや人が成功するように声援を送ったり、心の中で応援したりする意味で使います。
Rooting means actively or emotionally supporting a person, team, or side and hoping that they succeed. In this sense, it is chiefly used in American English, commonly in the pattern “rooting for” someone or something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
応援の rooting は原形 root に -ing を付けた形で、t を重ねない。発音は /ˈruːtɪŋ/ が一般的で、米国英語では root for a team/person の形を使う。観客がチームの成功を願って声援を送る場面を思い浮かべる。植物が「根付く」、豚などが地面を掘る rooting とは文脈と for の有無で区別する。
For the cheering sense, add -ing directly to the verb root without doubling the t: rooting. It is commonly pronounced /ˈruːtɪŋ/ and usually appears as rooting for in American English. Picture fans wearing school colors, calling out encouragement, and hoping their team wins. The preposition for points to the person or team receiving support: “We are rooting for you.” Context matters because rooting can also describe a plant developing roots or an animal turning up the ground. The cheering sense is especially clear when for introduces a competitor, team, or candidate.
例文
We are rooting for our school team today.
私たちは今日、学校のチームを応援しています。
My family is rooting for me in the contest.
家族はそのコンテストで私を応援してくれています。
Many fans were rooting for the young player in the final match.
多くのファンが決勝戦でその若い選手を応援していました。
rooting の類義語・関連語
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rooting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
rooting は米国英語 root for「応援する」の進行形で、19世紀の野球応援から広まった語です。語源は確定していませんが、rout「騒ぎ立てる」や地面を掘る root と結びつけて説明されます。関連語は rooter, root for。
Rooting is the -ing form of root. The supportive sense occurs especially in the American expression root for, which became established in the nineteenth century and was strongly associated with spectators and sports. Its precise origin is uncertain; it has been linked with noisy cheering and possibly with other dialectal uses of root. It should not be confidently derived from the botanical noun root. Modern context distinguishes “rooting for a team” from plants rooting in soil or animals rooting in the ground.
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