横滑り
解説 Definition
skidding は skid（横滑りする）の動名詞・現在分詞に由来し、車輪などが路面で横滑りすることを意味します。雪道や濡れた道路で車が制御を失う場面などでよく使われます。
Skidding is the uncontrolled sliding of a vehicle, wheel, or other object across a surface, often sideways, because there is too little friction. It commonly occurs during sudden braking or on icy, wet, or loose roads.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 skid「制御を失って滑る」に -ing を付け、語末の d を重ねて skidding となります。車の進行方向とはずれてタイヤが滑る像を持ち、prevent skidding「横滑りを防ぐ」、risk of skidding「横滑りの危険」と覚えます。単なる滑走の sliding より、制御不能や急な横滑りを強く示します。
Start with the verb skid, then add -ing. Because skid has one stressed syllable ending in a single vowel plus consonant, the final d is doubled: skid becomes skidding. Picture a car on an icy road: the wheels lose their grip, and the vehicle slides in a direction the driver cannot fully control. Common phrases are prevent skidding, risk of skidding, and skidding on ice. Sliding is the broader word for smooth movement over a surface; skidding usually suggests loss of traction, sudden sideways movement, and reduced control.
例文
The driver avoided skidding by slowing down on the icy road.
運転手は凍った道で速度を落とし、横滑りを避けました。
Heavy rain increased the risk of skidding on the highway.
大雨のため、高速道路で横滑りする危険が高まりました。
The new tires helped prevent skidding during sudden stops.
新しいタイヤは急停止時の横滑り防止に役立ちました。
skidding の類義語・関連語
skidding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古ノルド語 skíð（木の棒・板）が語源で、ski（スキー）と同根。丸太を敷いて重い物を滑らせる装置が原義で、そこから車輪が制御を失って横に滑る意味に発展した。関連語: ski、skid row。
Skidding comes from skid plus the suffix -ing. Skid is connected with Old Norse skíð, meaning a split piece of wood, stick, or board, which is also related to ski. Skids were wooden runners or logs placed under heavy objects so that they could be moved. The word later developed its modern vehicle sense: sliding uncontrollably when wheels or tires lose their grip.
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