sprinting
全力疾走
解説 Definition
sprinting は sprint（全力疾走する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。短い距離を全速力で走っている動作や、そのような走り方自体を表します。
The present participle or gerund of sprint, describing the action of running at full speed, usually over a short distance. It can refer either to an action in progress or to sprinting as a type of exercise or movement.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 sprint「短距離を全速力で走る」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語尾は /ɪŋ/。長く一定速度で走る run や jog と違い、バスに間に合おうとする時や競技の最後など、短時間に一気に速度を出す場面を思い浮かべる。sprint toward、begin sprinting の形も一緒に覚える。
Connect sprinting directly with the base verb sprint plus -ing, pronounced /ɪŋ/. Picture someone suddenly running at full speed to catch a bus or an athlete accelerating toward the finish line. That brief, explosive effort separates sprinting from running in general and from jogging at a comfortable pace. Learn it in common patterns such as “sprinting toward the station,” “begin sprinting,” and “sprinting for ten seconds.” It can describe an action in progress or function as a gerund naming the activity itself.
例文
She was sprinting toward the bus stop.
彼女はバス停に向かって全力で走っていました。
Sprinting for ten seconds made him breathe hard.
10秒間の全力疾走で、彼は息が荒くなりました。
The players began sprinting as soon as the whistle blew.
笛が鳴るとすぐに、選手たちは全力で走り始めました。
sprinting の類義語・関連語
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sprinting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
sprinting は sprint + -ing で、意味の核は「短く勢いよく走る」です。sprint の語源は確定していませんが、spring「跳ねる」と近いゲルマン系の語感をもつと考えられ、ぱっと弾むように飛び出す動きから全力疾走の意味になったと捉えると納得しやすいです。関連語に spring, sprinter。
Sprinting is formed from sprint and the participial suffix -ing. Sprint entered English with the sense of making a short, rapid burst or running at top speed, but its deeper origin is uncertain. It has sometimes been connected with Germanic words associated with springing or leaping, though this should not be treated as firmly established. The modern form transparently means the ongoing action or activity of performing a sprint.
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