すくう
解説 Definition
scooping は scoop（すくう、すくい取る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。スプーンや手、道具などで液体や小さなものをすくい上げる動作を表します。
The present participle and gerund of “scoop,” describing the action of lifting, gathering, or transferring a substance such as rice, sand, or water with a spoon, hand, or similarly shaped tool.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 scoop に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の子音は重ねません。発音は「スクーピング」に近く、scoop rice into a bowl、scoop sand、scoop water out のように、道具で物をすくい入れる・すくい出す場面と結び付けて覚えます。
Connect scooping directly with the base verb scoop plus -ing; no final consonant is doubled. Picture the curved shape of a scoop or spoon sliding under rice, sand, or water and lifting it. Useful patterns show the direction of the movement: scoop rice into a bowl, scoop sand with a shovel, and scoop water out of a boat. These concrete combinations make it easier to remember both the physical action and the grammar: scooping can describe an action in progress or serve as the name of the activity.
例文
She is scooping rice into a bowl.
彼女はご飯を茶わんによそっています。
The child enjoyed scooping sand with a small shovel.
その子どもは小さなシャベルで砂をすくうのを楽しみました。
He kept scooping water out of the boat until it was dry.
彼はボートが乾くまで水をすくい出し続けました。
scooping の類義語・関連語
scooping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中世オランダ語の「schop」に由来する「scoop」に、動作継続の接尾辞「-ing」が付きました。お椀状の道具で水や物を掬い上げる具体的な動きから、「すくう」という意味が直感的に結びつきます。関連語に「shovel（シャベル）」があります。
Scooping is formed regularly from scoop and the suffix -ing, which marks a present participle or gerund. Scoop entered English through a Germanic source, commonly linked with Middle Dutch schope, referring to a vessel or implement used for drawing up material. The verb developed from the noun’s bowl-shaped tool and its characteristic lifting action. The spelling adds -ing without doubling the final consonant.
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