squatting
しゃがむ
解説 Definition
squatting は squat(しゃがむ)の現在分詞・動名詞です。膝を曲げて低い姿勢になる動作を表し、運動や作業中の姿勢を説明するときに使います。
The present participle or gerund of “squat,” meaning lowering or holding the body close to the ground by bending the knees, typically without sitting on a chair or placing the body fully on the ground.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 squat「しゃがむ」に -ing を付けると、短母音+末尾子音のため t を重ねて squatting となる。発音は squat の /t/ を保ったまま続ける。膝を曲げ、腰を低くする姿勢を思い浮かべ、squat beside the garden や squat down to look の形で記憶する。単なる sitting とは違い、通常は椅子に座らない。
Squatting comes from squat plus -ing. The final t is doubled because squat has a short stressed vowel followed by one final consonant. Picture someone bending both knees and lowering the hips to inspect a bug or work beside a garden. Unlike sitting, squatting normally does not involve resting on a chair, and unlike kneeling, the knees do not have to touch the ground. Useful patterns include be squatting beside something, squat down to look, and squatting for a long time.
例文
She is squatting beside the small garden.
彼女は小さな庭のそばでしゃがんでいます。
The child was squatting to look at the bug.
その子どもは虫を見るためにしゃがんでいました。
Squatting for a long time made his legs tired.
長い間しゃがんでいたので、彼の足は疲れました。
squatting の類義語・関連語
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squatting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
squatting は squat+動名詞・現在分詞の接尾辞 -ing。squat は古フランス語 esquatir「押しつぶす・平らにする」から来て、さらに俗ラテン語 *coactire にさかのぼります。『押し下げる』感覚が『しゃがむ』になり、関連語は squatter, cogent です。
Squatting is formed from squat by doubling the final t and adding -ing. Squat entered English through Old French esquatir, “to crush or flatten,” a form connected with the idea of pressing down. From the image of making something low or flat, the verb developed its bodily sense of lowering oneself by bending the knees. Modern derivatives include squatter, while squatting can name either the movement or the resulting posture.
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