staring
見つめる
解説 Definition
staring は stare（じっと見る、見つめる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。長い間じっと見る動作を表し、相手を不快にさせるような視線にも使われます。
Staring is the act of looking at someone or something steadily for an extended time, usually with the eyes fixed and little movement. Such looking may express strong interest or surprise, but it can make another person uncomfortable.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
staring は stare の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた形で、stare → staring。発音は /ˈsterɪŋ/。look は単に「見る」、gaze は穏やかに見つめることもあるが、stare は目をそらさず長く見るため失礼になり得る。stare at a picture、stare out the window の型で覚える。
Staring comes from stare by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing: stare becomes staring. It is pronounced /ˈsterɪŋ/. Imagine eyes remaining fixed on one point for longer than normal. This makes the word stronger than simply looking and explains why staring at people can be rude. Learn the preposition patterns stare at a person or picture and stare out the window. Gaze can suggest calm, thoughtful, or admiring attention, whereas stare often suggests unusual intensity, surprise, or an uncomfortable lack of social restraint. As a gerund, staring names this sustained act of looking.
例文
She was staring at the picture.
彼女はその絵をじっと見つめていました。
Staring at people can be rude.
人をじっと見つめるのは失礼になることがあります。
The child kept staring out the window.
その子は窓の外をじっと見続けていました。
staring の類義語・関連語
staring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 starian（じっと見る）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *starēn（固まる）と同根。関連語: stark, stare。「硬直する」が原義で、目を動かさず固定して見る→凝視するという意味に発展した。
Staring is the -ing form of stare, formed by dropping the final e before adding -ing. Stare comes from Old English starian, meaning “to gaze fixedly.” It has Germanic relatives associated with rigid or fixed attention and has been connected with the broader notion of stiffness. That history suits the modern image of eyes held in one direction without moving away. The present form can function as a participle in “was staring” or as a gerund naming the action itself.
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