よじ登り / 争奪
解説 Definition
scrambling は、岩場などを手足を使ってよじ登ること、または限られたものを人々が急いで取り合うことです。scramble の動名詞で、同じ形は現在分詞としても使われます。
The activity of climbing steep or rough ground with the help of both hands and feet, or the hurried, disorderly effort of several people competing to obtain something limited, such as seats or tickets.
使い方 Usage
- よじ登る方向には scrambling up a hill、よじ登る場所には scrambling on rocks のような形を使います。 Use scrambling up a hill for the direction of a climb, and scrambling on rocks for the surface or location.
- 争奪の対象は for で示し、scrambling for seats や scrambling for tickets と表します。 Use for to introduce what people are competing to obtain, as in scrambling for seats or scrambling for tickets.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
scramble の語末の e を取って -ing を付けると scrambling になります。「手足や人々が入り乱れて動く」という共通のイメージで、よじ登りと争奪を結び付けましょう。
Remove the final silent e from scramble and add -ing. Link the two meanings through an image of awkward, disorderly movement: hands and feet on rough ground, or people urgently competing for something limited.
例文
Scrambling up the rocky hill took us nearly an hour.
岩だらけの丘をよじ登るのに、私たちはほぼ1時間かかりました。
There was scrambling for seats when the doors opened.
扉が開くと、席をめぐる争奪が起きました。
The guide warned us that scrambling on wet stones can be dangerous.
ガイドは、ぬれた石の上をよじ登るのは危険なことがあると注意しました。
scrambling の類義語・関連語
scrambling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
scrambling は scramble の名詞形で、語源はおそらく scrabble やオランダ語系 schrabben「ひっかく」に近い語群です。手足でかきながらよじ登る感覚から「よじ登り」に、我先にかき集める感じから「争奪」に広がりました。関連語は scrape, scrabble。
“Scrambling” is the -ing form of “scramble.” The history of “scramble” is not completely certain, but it belongs to a group of Germanic words associated with scratching, scraping, and making awkward movements, and it may be related to “scrabble.” Its physical sense of moving with the hands and feet later supported the figurative sense of struggling hurriedly with others to obtain something.
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