spinning
紡ぐ
解説 Definition
spinning は spin（紡ぐ、回る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。糸や羊毛を紡いでいる動作を表すときに使われ、文脈によっては回転している意味にもなります。
Forming thread or yarn by drawing out and twisting fibers such as wool or cotton. This is the present participle or gerund of spin and can describe an action currently in progress or the activity itself.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 spin「紡ぐ、回る」に -ing を付ける際、短母音＋子音で終わるため n を重ねて spinning とする。発音は spin /spɪn/、spinning /ˈspɪnɪŋ/。spinning wool into thread「羊毛を糸に紡ぐ」を定型場面として、繊維をねじりながら糸にする回転運動と結び付ける。
Start with spin, which can mean both “turn around” and “make thread by twisting fibers.” Because spin ends in a stressed short vowel followed by one consonant, the n is doubled before -ing: spin becomes spinning. Its pronunciation changes from /spɪn/ to /ˈspɪnɪŋ/. Remember the phrase spinning wool into thread. The twisting movement used to make yarn provides the link between the textile sense in these examples and the more general meaning of rotating.
例文
She is spinning wool into thread.
彼女は羊毛を糸に紡いでいます。
The old machine is spinning cotton all day.
その古い機械は一日中綿を紡いでいます。
My grandmother enjoys spinning yarn by hand.
祖母は手で毛糸を紡ぐのを楽しんでいます。
spinning の類義語・関連語
spinning の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語spinnan（糸を紡ぐ）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語*spinnanにさかのぼる。繊維をねじって糸にする回転動作が原義で、そこから「回転する」全般の意味に広がった。関連語：spindle（紡錘）、spider（糸を紡ぐ者→蜘蛛）。蜘蛛の名は「糸を紡ぐ生き物」という発想から。
Spinning is the -ing form of spin, with the final n doubled according to the usual spelling rule. Spin descends from Old English spinnan, “to draw out and twist fibers,” and ultimately from a Germanic source. The original textile action involved twisting fibers into thread; because twisting naturally involves circular movement, the verb later developed the broader sense “to rotate.”
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