squeaking
きしむ音
解説 Definition
squeaking は squeak（キーキー鳴る、きしむ）の動名詞・現在分詞です。名詞としては、ドアや床、機械などから出る高く細いきしむ音を表します。
The production of a series of high-pitched, thin sounds by a door, floor, wheel, or similar object, especially when its parts rub or move. It can also mean the sound itself.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 squeak「キーキー鳴る」に -ing を付けた形で、語末の k はそのままです。ここでは動作ではなく、ドア・床・車輪などが出す高く細い「きしむ音」を指す名詞。the squeaking came from ... や hear squeaking の形で、音の発生源や知覚と結び付けて覚えます。
Connect squeaking directly with the base verb squeak, meaning “to make a short, high-pitched sound.” The ending -ing can mark an ongoing action, but in these examples it forms a noun naming the sound or its production. Picture an old door moving on dry hinges or a bicycle wheel needing oil. Useful patterns include hear squeaking, the squeaking came from the floor, and fix the squeaking. Unlike squeal, which often suggests a louder cry from a person, animal, or machine, squeaking commonly describes repeated thin noises caused by movement or friction.
例文
The squeaking came from the old door.
そのきしむ音は古いドアから聞こえました。
She heard squeaking every time someone walked across the floor.
誰かが床を歩くたびに、彼女にはきしむ音が聞こえました。
The mechanic fixed the squeaking in the bicycle wheel.
整備士は自転車の車輪のきしむ音を直しました。
squeaking の類義語・関連語
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squeaking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
squeaking は動詞 squeak「キーキー鳴る」に -ing が付いた語で、語幹は甲高い音をまねた擬音語的な中英語 squeken にさかのぼります。関連語 squeal や squawk も同じく鋭い鳴き声の響きを含み、だから「きしむ音」の感じがそのまま語形に出ています。
Squeaking is formed from squeak plus the suffix -ing. The final k is retained because squeak already ends with two vowel letters followed by a consonant, so no consonant doubling is needed. Squeak developed from Middle English squeken and is imitative in origin, reflecting a sharp, high sound. Related sound words such as squeal and squawk also evoke piercing noises, although they have different histories and typical uses.
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