scolding
叱る
解説 Definition
scolding は scold（叱る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人の行いを強く注意したり、非難する動作を表し、名詞的に「叱ること」としても使われます。
Scolding is the act of speaking angrily or critically to someone because that person has behaved badly. As the present participle of scold, it also describes this action while it is happening.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
scold「厳しく叱る」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語幹の綴りや発音は変わりません。scold someone for doing の形で「人を～したことで叱る」と覚え、先生が廊下を走った生徒を注意する場面と結び付けましょう。単なる注意より強い非難を含みます。
Connect scolding directly with the base verb scold. The form is made simply by adding -ing, with no change to the spelling or pronunciation of the stem. Remember the common pattern scold someone for doing something, as in a teacher scolding children for running in a hallway. The word suggests stronger and more openly critical speech than simply reminding or advising someone. It can function as part of a continuous verb form or as a gerund meaning the act of reprimanding someone.
例文
The teacher is scolding the boys for running in the hall.
先生は廊下を走ったことで少年たちを叱っています。
She was scolding her dog for chewing the shoe.
彼女は靴をかんだことで犬を叱っていました。
His father kept scolding him after he broke the window.
彼が窓を割ったあと、父親は彼を叱り続けました。
scolding の類義語・関連語
scolding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
語源は古代ノルド語の「skald（風刺詩人）」です。当初は鋭い詩で他人を嘲笑う行為を指し、やがて「厳しく叱る」意味へ転じました。同系語に「skald（吟遊詩人）」があり、言葉の鋭さが叱責のイメージへ繋がる経緯がよく分かります。
Scolding is formed from the verb scold and the suffix -ing, which marks an ongoing action or turns the action into a noun. Scold entered Middle English, but its deeper history is uncertain. It has often been associated with Old Norse skáld, meaning “poet,” especially a composer of sharp or satirical verse, although this connection is not regarded as certain. The modern form refers to harsh verbal criticism.
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