rumbling
ゴロゴロ
解説 Definition
rumbling は rumble（ゴロゴロ鳴る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。雷、機械、お腹などが低く続く音を出している様子を表します。
Rumbling is the production of a low, deep, continuous or repeated sound, such as that made by distant thunder, a heavy vehicle, machinery, or an empty stomach. It is the present participle or gerund of rumble.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
rumbling は rumble「低くゴロゴロ鳴る」の現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の黙字 e を落として rumble → rumbling とします。雷・大型車・空腹の胃が出す、低く続く振動音を共通の像にしましょう。rumbling thunder、a truck rumbling、stomach rumbling の三場面で覚えると用途を広く押さえられます。
Rumbling comes from rumble by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing: rumble becomes rumbling. Let the sound itself guide your memory—the word suggests a low vibration continuing over time. Picture distant thunder rumbling, a heavy truck rumbling down a street, or a hungry stomach rumbling before lunch. These different sources share the same deep, rolling quality. Rumble is usually lower and more sustained than a sharp crash, while grumble often refers to a low complaint as well as a sound. This distinction keeps the core image precise.
例文
Thunder was rumbling far away.
遠くで雷がゴロゴロ鳴っていました。
I heard a truck rumbling down the street.
トラックが通りをゴロゴロと進む音が聞こえました。
His stomach was rumbling before lunch.
昼食前に彼のお腹がゴロゴロ鳴っていました。
rumbling の類義語・関連語
rumbling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語期の擬音語が語源で、低地ドイツ語「rumpelen」と同源。重低音が連続して響く様子を音で模倣しており、「ゴロゴロ」という訳語の由来が直感的に理解できる。接尾辞-ingは動作の進行・状態化を示し、同系統語の「grumble」も同様に響く重音を表す。
Rumble is an imitative word whose sound evokes a low, rolling noise. It appears in Middle English and is related to comparable Germanic forms, including Low German rumpelen, used for noisy or jolting movement. Because its formation imitates the kind of sound it names, it naturally applies to thunder, machinery, vehicles, and the stomach. Rumbling is formed from rumble by removing the final silent e and adding -ing.
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