shrugging
肩をすくめる
解説 Definition
shrugging は shrug（肩をすくめる）の動名詞・現在分詞です。分からない、気にしない、仕方がないといった気持ちを示す動作として使われます。
Shrugging is the act of raising and usually lowering the shoulders, often to communicate uncertainty, indifference, lack of knowledge, or resignation. It is the present participle or gerund form of shrug.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 shrug に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末を重ねず shrugging となります。発音は /ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/ で、shrug の /ɡ/ が残ります。shrugging one's shoulders「肩をすくめること」を、「分からない・関心がない・仕方ない」を無言で示す場面と結び付けましょう。
Connect shrugging directly to the base verb shrug plus -ing. The spelling is simply shrugging, without doubling the final consonant, and the pronunciation /ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/ keeps the hard /ɡ/ of shrug. Picture someone answering a difficult question without words by lifting both shoulders. That scene captures its common messages: “I don’t know,” “I don’t care,” or “What can I do?” The frequent pattern is “shrugging one’s shoulders,” although shrugging alone can name the same gesture.
例文
He answered by shrugging his shoulders.
彼は肩をすくめて答えました。
She kept shrugging when we asked for a reason.
理由を尋ねても、彼女は肩をすくめるばかりでした。
The boy stood there shrugging, unsure what to say.
その少年は何と言えばよいか分からず、肩をすくめてそこに立っていました。
shrugging の類義語・関連語
shrugging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
shrugging は shrug「肩をすくめる」に進行・動名詞の -ing が付いた形です。shrug 自体は中英語 shruggen に見られ、語源は不詳ですが、デンマーク語 skrugge「身をかがめる」と関係するとされ、「肩をちょっと持ち上げて身をすぼめる」動きから今の意味になりました。
Shrugging is formed from shrug and the participial or gerund suffix -ing. The verb appears in Middle English as shruggen and originally referred to drawing up or contracting the body or shoulders. Its deeper origin is uncertain, although it has been compared with Scandinavian forms such as Danish skrugge, meaning to stoop or crouch. The modern form describes the brief raising of the shoulders and the attitudes conveyed by that gesture.
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