sheeting
シート材
解説 Definition
sheeting は、sheet（薄い板や布、シート）に関連する名詞で、シート状の材料や布地を指します。建築、包装、裁縫などの文脈で、薄く広い素材をまとめて表すときに使われます。
Sheeting is material supplied or used in broad, thin sheets, such as plastic, metal, or fabric. The word is usually uncountable and may refer particularly to protective building material, packaging material, or cloth suitable for making bed sheets.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sheet「薄く平らな一枚」に -ing が付いて、シート状の材料を集合的に表す名詞になった語。plastic sheeting、waterproof sheeting、cotton sheeting の組合せで覚える。特定の一枚なら a sheet だが、sheeting は通常不可算で、建築用シートや幅売りの布地を素材として捉える。
Connect sheeting directly with sheet: both refer to something broad, thin, and flat. The -ing form here functions as a material noun, not simply as an action. Learn common combinations such as plastic sheeting, waterproof sheeting, metal sheeting, and cotton sheeting. A sheet usually means one separate piece, while sheeting describes the material collectively or in rolls and is normally uncountable. Picture workers spreading plastic sheeting over a floor or buying cotton sheeting by width; those scenes make the material sense clear.
例文
The workers covered the floor with plastic sheeting.
作業員たちは床をプラスチックのシート材で覆いました。
We need waterproof sheeting for the temporary roof.
仮設の屋根には防水シート材が必要です。
The supplier sells cotton sheeting in several widths.
その業者は、いくつかの幅の綿シート地を販売しています。
sheeting の類義語・関連語
sheeting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
sheetingはsheet「一枚の布・薄板」に接尾辞-ingが付いた語。sheetは古英語scieteにさかのぼり、さらにゲルマン祖語を経て印欧祖語*skeud-「投げる・広げる」に結びつく。だからsheetingは「平らに広げた材料」という感覚で、関連語にsheet, shootがある。
Sheeting is formed from sheet plus the noun-forming ending -ing. Sheet comes from Old English scīete or scēte, referring to a piece of cloth, and belongs to an old Germanic word family. The modern noun sheeting developed for cloth intended to make sheets and was extended to other materials manufactured or supplied in broad, thin layers. Its current meaning is therefore based on shape and form rather than on a particular substance.
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