shaking
震える
解説 Definition
shaking は shake（震える、揺れる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。体や物が小さく速く動いている様子を表し、寒さ、恐怖、地震などの場面で使います。
Continuous small, rapid movements of a body or object, especially movements caused by cold, fear, a loud shock, or an earthquake; it is the -ing form of “shake.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
shake「震える・揺れる」の現在分詞・動名詞。語末の e を落として -ing を付け、shaking となる。寒さなら shaking from the cold、地震なら the table was shaking のように、細かく繰り返し動く像で覚える。意図的に振る動作にも使えるので文脈に注目する。
Connect shaking with the base verb shake: remove the final e before adding -ing. Keep the image of repeated movement rather than one single motion. Hands may be shaking from the cold, a frightened person may be shaking, and a table may start shaking during an earthquake. These typical causes help anchor the meaning. Shake can also describe deliberately moving something back and forth, but the examples here focus on a body or object trembling or moving rapidly because of an outside condition.
例文
My hands were shaking from the cold.
寒さで私の手は震えていました。
The table started shaking during the earthquake.
地震の間、テーブルが揺れ始めました。
She was shaking when she heard the loud noise.
大きな音を聞いて、彼女は震えていました。
shaking の類義語・関連語
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shaking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 sceacan（揺り動かす）に由来するゲルマン系の語。北欧語 skaka とも同根で、激しく動かす動作を表す擬態的な語感を持つ。関連語: shake（振る）、shaker（振る道具）。「激しく前後に動く」原義から、恐怖や寒さで体が震える意味にも広がった。
Shaking is the -ing form of shake, created by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Shake comes from Old English sceacan, a Germanic verb meaning to move rapidly or violently, and is related to Old Norse skaka. The long-established physical sense of repeated movement naturally developed into uses for trembling from cold or fear and for objects moving during an earthquake.
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