slipping
滑る
解説 Definition
slipping は slip（滑る、すべる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。足元や物がつるっと動いて安定を失う動作を表し、進行形で「滑っている」という意味にもなります。
Slipping is the action of sliding unintentionally and losing a secure position or balance, often on a wet, icy, or smooth surface. As a present participle, it describes this action while it is happening.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
slipping は slip に -ing を付ける際、短い強勢母音の後の語末子音 p を重ねた形です。発音は slip /slɪp/ に /ɪŋ/ が続く /ˈslɪpɪŋ/。slipping on a wet floor や shoes are slipping のように、足や物が表面を滑って安定を失う瞬間と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Start from slip /slɪp/. Because it ends in one consonant after a short stressed vowel, double the final p before adding -ing: slip becomes slipping, pronounced /ˈslɪpɪŋ/. The doubled letter preserves the short vowel sound; it does not create an extra /p/ sound. Picture a shoe losing its grip on a wet floor or a person sliding on icy steps. Common patterns are slipping on the floor, shoes are slipping, and slipping and falling. Sliding can be controlled, but slipping usually suggests an accidental loss of balance or grip.
例文
The child is slipping on the wet floor.
その子どもはぬれた床で滑っています。
Be careful; your shoes are slipping.
気をつけて、靴が滑っています。
I saw a man slipping on the icy steps.
凍った階段で男性が滑るのを見ました。
slipping の類義語・関連語
slipping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 slipan（滑る）からの派生で、ゲルマン祖語 *slipan に遡る。「つるりと抜ける」が原義で、slip（滑り）、slipper（スリッパ＝滑りやすい靴）、slippery（滑りやすい）など同根語が多い。物が手から「するりと逃げる」イメージが比喩的に「失敗・見落とし」の意味にも広がった。
Slipping is the -ing form of slip, with the final p doubled according to the usual spelling rule for a short stressed vowel followed by one consonant. Slip belongs to a Germanic group of words associated with sliding, gliding, or escaping from a firm hold. Its physical sense of moving smoothly and unintentionally later supported figurative senses involving escape, mistakes, and things passing unnoticed.
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