stamping
刻印 / 足踏み
解説 Definition
stamping は stamp(刻印する、足を踏み鳴らす)の動名詞で、刻印や足踏みという意味です。印を押す動作にも、足で強く踏む動作にも使われるため、文脈で意味を判断します。
The act or process of pressing a mark, date, number, or design onto a surface, often with a tool or machine. It can also mean repeatedly bringing the feet down heavily and noisily.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
stamp「強く踏む、印を押す」に -ing を付けた動名詞で、語末が子音二つの -mp なので p を重ねず stamping と書く。「面へ力を加えて跡や音を残す」を記憶の核にし、stamping a date は日付の刻印、hear stamping は強い足踏みの音と、目的語や周囲の語で判別する。
Connect both meanings to one physical action: applying force downward so that a mark or a loud sound is produced. Stamping a date on a document leaves an impressed mark, while stamping on a floor makes heavy footsteps. The form comes from stamp plus -ing; because stamp ends in the consonant cluster -mp, the p is not doubled. Look at nearby words to choose the sense: dates, numbers, metal plates, and machines suggest marking, whereas feet, floors, anger, and noise suggest forceful stepping. The shared idea is a strong impact against a surface.
例文
The stamping of the date took only a few seconds.
日付の刻印はほんの数秒で終わりました。
We heard stamping in the room above us.
私たちは上の部屋で足踏みする音を聞きました。
The factory uses a machine for stamping numbers on metal plates.
その工場では、金属板に番号を刻印するために機械を使っています。
stamping の類義語・関連語
stamping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 estamper(押し潰す・打刻する)から。さらにゲルマン祖語 *stampōną(踏みつける)に遡る。「力強く踏む・打つ」が原義で、足踏みも刻印もこの動作から派生。関連語: stamp(切手・印紙)、stampede(暴走、群衆が一斉に足を踏み鳴らすイメージ)。「押して印をつける」行為が多義に広がった。
Stamping is the gerund or verbal noun formed from stamp and -ing. Stamp entered English through a Germanic and Old French word group associated with pounding, crushing, or striking with the foot. The central notion of forceful impact produced both major senses: bringing a foot down heavily and pressing a recognizable mark into a surface. The noun stamping therefore names either the marking process or the repeated sound and action of heavy steps.
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