shattering
砕ける
解説 Definition
shattering は shatter（砕ける、粉々にする）の現在分詞・動名詞です。ガラスや氷などが細かく割れている動作を表し、進行形や名詞を説明する形で使われます。
Shattering is the present participle or gerund of shatter. It describes something breaking suddenly and violently into many small pieces, or the act of causing such breakage, especially with materials such as glass, ice, or pottery.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 shatter「粉々に砕ける・砕く」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は shatter /ˈʃætər/ から shattering /ˈʃætərɪŋ/ となり、強勢は変わらない。break より激しく細片になる感じを持ち、glass is shattering や shattering ice の形で覚える。
Start with the base verb shatter, meaning to break or cause something to break violently into many small pieces. Add -ing without changing the spelling of the base: shatter becomes shattering. The pronunciation changes from /ˈʃætər/ to /ˈʃætərɪŋ/, with the main stress staying on the first syllable. Associate the form with glass, ice, or a plate breaking into fragments. Unlike the broader verb break, shatter emphasizes sudden, forceful, and extensive damage. Look for it in progressive forms such as “the glass is shattering” and in phrases like “shattering ice.”
例文
The glass is shattering on the floor.
ガラスが床の上で砕けています。
I heard the ice shattering under the heavy box.
重い箱の下で氷が砕ける音が聞こえました。
The shattering plate made everyone turn around.
砕ける皿の音で、みんなが振り向きました。
shattering の類義語・関連語
shattering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語 schateren に由来し、擬音語的な起源を持つとされる。物が激しくぶつかって砕け散る様子を表す。語根は北欧語系の scatter（散らばる）とも関連が指摘される。関連語：scatter（散乱する）、shatter-proof（耐衝撃の）。「粉々になる」という破壊の激しさを含意する語。
Shattering is formed regularly from shatter plus the suffix -ing. Shatter entered English through Middle English forms such as schateren and has long expressed violent breaking or scattering into fragments. Its deeper origin is uncertain, although it is often regarded as expressive or imitative and has been compared with Germanic words associated with scattering. The modern form preserves the forceful sense of pieces being dispersed by breakage.
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