shelling
砲撃
解説 Definition
shelling は shell（砲撃する）の動名詞で、砲撃という意味です。大砲や迫撃砲などである地域を攻撃することを表し、報道や軍事の文脈でよく使われます。
The firing of artillery, mortar, or similar explosive projectiles at a place, often repeatedly over a period of time. The noun is commonly used in military reports and news accounts to describe an area being attacked with shells.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 shell に -ing を付けた動名詞で、ここでは「殻をむくこと」ではなく「砲弾を撃ち込むこと」です。heavy shelling、hours of shelling、shelling near the border のような報道表現で覚えましょう。爆撃一般ではなく、大砲や迫撃砲による継続的な砲撃を指します。
“Shelling” is “shell” plus -ing, used here as a noun for an artillery attack. Link the older image of a hard outer shell with a military shell, an explosive projectile enclosed in a casing. Then remember common news phrases such as “heavy shelling,” “hours of shelling,” and “shelling near the border.” It is more specific than the broad word “bombing”: shelling normally involves artillery or mortars firing projectiles, often repeatedly, while bombing may involve explosives delivered in other ways, especially from aircraft.
例文
The shelling damaged several empty buildings.
その砲撃で、いくつかの無人の建物が損傷しました。
Residents left the area after heavy shelling began.
激しい砲撃が始まった後、住民はその地域を離れました。
The report described hours of shelling near the border.
その報告書は、国境付近で何時間も続いた砲撃について述べていました。
shelling の類義語・関連語
shelling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 sciell（殻）が語源。元は貝殻や卵の殻を意味し、そこから「砲弾の外殻→砲弾を撃つこと」へと意味が拡大した。関連語: shell（殻・砲弾）、shellfish（貝類）。砲弾の形が殻に似ていたことから砲撃の意味が生まれた。
“Shelling” is the gerund of the verb “shell.” “Shell” comes from Old English sciell, meaning a hard outer covering such as a seashell. The noun later came to denote a hollow projectile or its casing, based on the idea of an enclosing outer layer. From this military noun developed the verb “to shell,” meaning to fire such projectiles at a target, and “shelling” became the name of that attack.
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