submerging
意味一覧 (2件)
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解説 Definition
submerging は、物や土地などが水面や液体の下へ入って見えなくなる動きを表す。船、島、道路などが洪水や重さによって沈んでいく場面で使われ、進行中の変化を示す。
Submerging describes the action of going down below the surface of water or another liquid and becoming covered by it. It is often used for things like boats, roads, land, or islands when they are sinking because of flooding, weight, or other forces. The -ing form shows that this change is happening in progress.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sub- は subway や submarine と同じく「下へ、下に」の感覚を持つ接頭辞。merge は「溶け込む、一体になる」と結びつけると、submerge は「水の下へ入り、外から見えなくなる」と考えやすい。submerging はその途中の形なので、boat is submerging のように、船や土地が水面下へ沈んでいく場面を思い浮かべる。人や物を意図的に沈める他動詞用法とは分けて覚える。
Think of sub- in words like subway and submarine, where it gives the feeling of "under" or "down below." Then connect merge with the idea of blending in, so submerge suggests going under the water until you cannot see it from outside. Submerging shows that this is happening now, as in a boat submerging beneath the surface. It is useful to remember this separately from the transitive use, where someone submerges another thing on purpose.
例文
The boat is submerging slowly after hitting a rock.
船は岩にぶつかって、ゆっくり沈んでいる。
Heavy rain left several village roads submerging under muddy water.
大雨で、村のいくつかの道路が泥水の下に沈みつつあった。
In the video, the small island is submerging as the tide rises.
その映像では、潮が満ちるにつれて小さな島が沈んでいく。
水に沈める
(意味 2)解説 Definition
submerge の現在分詞・動名詞で、物や人を水中や液体の中に沈めること、または沈めつつある状態を表す。料理で食材を氷水に浸す場合にも、洪水で家や道路が水に沈んでいく場面にも使われ、意図的な動作にも自然に起こる変化にも用いられる。
Submerging means going under water or another liquid, or putting something under it. It is used for physical situations involving sinking or covering, and sometimes more generally for being completely covered.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
submerging は「何かを水や液体の下に入れる」という動作を表します。sub- は「下へ」、merge は「中に入り一体化する」と考えると、野菜、体、道具、物体を液体の中へ沈める場面につながります。immerse や dip と近いですが、submerge は水面下へ完全に入れる響きが強めです。料理、実験、救助、洪水の描写で目的語が水中に入るイメージを持ちましょう。
Start with sub-, which often means down or under, like in submarine. Connect merge with the idea of going into something until it is no longer separate. Submerging gives the picture of putting something under water or another liquid. It is stronger than dip because it often suggests going fully below the surface.
例文
Submerging the vegetables in ice water stops the cooking process immediately.
野菜を氷水に沈めると、加熱がすぐに止まる。
The rising floodwaters were slowly submerging the houses along the riverbank.
増水した洪水が、川岸の家々をゆっくりと水中に沈めていた。
Submerging yourself in a cold bath after exercise can help reduce muscle inflammation.
運動後に冷たい風呂に体を浸すと、筋肉の炎症を和らげるのに役立つことがある。
submerging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
submerging は submerge + -ing。sub- は「下へ」、ラテン語 mergere は「沈める、浸す」。下へ水中に入るという原義から、自ら沈む意味にも広がった。
Submerging comes from submerge plus the suffix -ing. The prefix sub- means "under," and the Latin root mergere means "to dip" or "to sink." From the idea of going under water, the word also came to describe the action of sinking out of sight.
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