spreading
広がる
解説 Definition
spreading は spread（広がる、広げる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。「広がること」や「広がっている状態」を表し、光、情報、におい、火などが範囲を広げる場面で使われます。
Moving, extending, or becoming known over a wider area or among more people. It is the -ing form of “spread” and can describe substances, light, fire, smells, information, or other things whose reach is increasing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 spread に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、spread は語末の子音を重ねず spreading とする。発音も原形 /spred/ に /ɪŋ/ を続ける。light is spreading across the room、news is spreading quickly、smoke is spreading through the hall のように、中心から範囲が外へ拡大する映像で覚えよう。広げる側にも広がる側にも使える。
Spreading is the -ing form of spread. Simply add -ing; do not double the final d. Pronounce the base as /spred/ and then add /ɪŋ/. Keep one visual idea: something begins in one place and reaches outward over a larger area. Light can spread across a room, smoke through a hall, and news among people. The same form can be transitive, as in “She is spreading the cloth,” or intransitive, as in “The fire is spreading.” The examples here emphasize something expanding by itself.
例文
The light is spreading across the room.
光が部屋全体に広がっています。
The news is spreading quickly.
そのニュースは急速に広がっています。
Smoke was spreading through the hall.
煙がホール中に広がっていました。
spreading の類義語・関連語
spreading の語源・成り立ち Etymology
spreadingは動詞 spread に名詞化の -ing が付いた形で、spread は古英語系 *sprædan「広げる・伸ばす」に由来します。さらにゲルマン祖語を経て「まき散らす」を表す印欧祖語にさかのぼり、sproutやwidespreadと同じく「外へ広がる」感覚を持つ語です。
Spreading consists of spread plus the suffix -ing. Spread comes from Old English sprǣdan, meaning to stretch out, extend, or scatter, and has close relatives in other Germanic languages. Its long history preserves the physical image of something being opened or extended over an area. Modern English applies that image both literally, to light, smoke, fire, or material, and figuratively, to news, ideas, influence, and information.
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