sobbing
すすり泣く
解説 Definition
すすり泣く（sobbing）は、声を上げながら泣く様子を表す形容詞または動詞の現在分詞形である。感情が高ぶった際に息をしながら断続的に泣く状態を指し、静かに泣く（weeping）よりも激しい感情表現を伴う。悲しみ・安堵・感動などさまざまな感情から生じる。
Crying with repeated, uneven breaths and audible sounds, usually because of powerful emotion such as grief, fear, relief, or joy. As an adjective, it describes a person who is crying in this way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 sob に -ing を付ける際、短母音＋子音で終わるため b を重ねて sobbing とする。発音は「ソビング」に近い。sob は息をしゃくり上げ、声を詰まらせて泣くことなので、静かに涙を流す weep より身体的で激しい。a sobbing child や hear someone sobbing の場面を思い浮かべ、「断続的な息と声を伴う泣き方」と結びつける。
Sobbing is formed from sob + -ing. Since sob ends in one consonant after a short stressed vowel, double the b before adding -ing. Picture a sobbing child whose breathing repeatedly catches between audible cries. This physical pattern—cry, broken breath, cry—is the key memory image. Sobbing is usually more intense and bodily than weeping, which can simply mean shedding tears and may be quiet. Learn it in patterns such as a sobbing child, hear someone sobbing, and sobbing uncontrollably. Although grief is common, people may also sob from fear, relief, or overwhelming happiness.
例文
She found her daughter sobbing in the corner of the room.
彼女は部屋の隅で娘がすすり泣いているのを見つけた。
He could hear someone sobbing softly behind the closed door.
彼は閉まったドアの向こうで誰かが静かにすすり泣いているのを聞いた。
The sobbing child clung to her mother at the hospital.
すすり泣く子供は病院で母親にしがみついた。
sobbing の類義語・関連語
sobbing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
sobbing は sob「すすり泣く」に -ing が付いた形で、sob は中英語 sobben にさかのぼり、低地ドイツ語系の語や擬音語と結びつけて説明されます。息をしゃくり上げる音の感じがそのまま語になったので、sobbing は「声を詰まらせて泣く様子」を生々しく表します。関連語は sob, sobs。
Sobbing is the -ing form of sob, with b doubled under the regular English spelling rule for a short stressed vowel followed by a single final consonant. Sob comes from Middle English sobben. Its deeper origin is uncertain, though it has been compared with related Low German forms and is often regarded as partly imitative. The sound and rhythm of the word suit the broken breathing and repeated audible cries that characterize sobbing.
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