snacking
間食
解説 Definition
snacking は snack（軽食を食べる、間食する）の動名詞で、間食すること、間食という意味です。食事と食事の間に軽く食べる行為を指し、習慣や健康の話でよく使われます。
Snacking is the habit or activity of eating small amounts of food between regular meals rather than having a full meal. It may be described by its timing or type, as in late-night or healthy snacking.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
snack「軽食を取る」に -ing を付けた動名詞で、語幹は変化せず、snacking は「間食すること」です。snacking between meals、late-night snacking、healthy snacking の組み合わせで覚えましょう。meal がまとまった食事なのに対し、snacking は食間に少量を気軽に食べる行為を表します。
Connect snacking with the base word snack and simply add -ing; the spelling of the base does not change. A snack is smaller and less formal than a meal, so snacking means eating small amounts, commonly between regular meals. Fix the idea through frequent combinations: snacking between meals, late-night snacking, healthy snacking, and reduce snacking. Picture someone taking a piece of fruit or a few crackers without sitting down for a full meal. The word often appears in discussions of daily habits, nutrition, sleep, and weight rather than a single formal dining occasion.
例文
Late-night snacking can disturb sleep.
夜遅くの間食は睡眠を妨げることがあります。
He reduced snacking between meals.
彼は食事の間の間食を減らしました。
Healthy snacking is easier when fruit is available.
果物があると、健康的な間食をしやすくなります。
snacking の類義語・関連語
snacking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中世オランダ語の「snacken（素早くかじる）」に由来し、動詞snackに名詞化接尾辞-ingが付きました。食事の間に急いで「ぱくつく」行為から転じ、軽い「間食」を意味するようになりました。同じ語源を持つsnap（かみつく）と関連します。
Snacking is formed from snack and the action-forming suffix -ing. Snack entered English with senses involving a snap, bite, or small share and is probably related to Middle Dutch snacken, meaning to snap at or bite. The noun later came to mean a small amount of food eaten quickly, and the verb developed from it. Snacking therefore names the repeated or general activity of eating such small portions, especially between meals.
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