sucking
吸う
解説 Definition
sucking は suck（吸う）の動名詞・現在分詞です。液体や空気などを口や機械で吸い込んでいる動作を表します。
Drawing liquid, air, or another substance inward by creating pressure with the mouth or a machine. This is the present-participle or gerund form of suck and can describe an action in progress or the action considered as an activity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 suck「吸う」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の k を重ねず suck + ing とします。発音は語尾が /ɪŋ/ です。口なら suck milk through a straw、機械なら suck dust from the floor のように、圧力を使って液体・空気・ほこりなどを内側へ引き込む動きを思い浮かべて覚えましょう。
Sucking is formed from the base verb suck plus -ing; the final k is not doubled, and the ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Keep the central image of drawing something inward through pressure. A baby may be sucking milk from a bottle, a person may be sucking juice through a straw, and a vacuum machine may be sucking dust from the floor. The subject can therefore be a person, an animal, or a device. Focus on the direction of movement: the liquid, air, or material moves inward toward the mouth or machine.
例文
The baby is sucking milk from a bottle.
赤ちゃんは哺乳瓶からミルクを吸っています。
The machine is sucking dust from the floor.
その機械は床のほこりを吸い取っています。
He kept sucking juice through a straw.
彼はストローでジュースを吸い続けました。
sucking の類義語・関連語
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sucking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 sūcan（吸う）から。ラテン語 sūgere（吸う）と同じ印欧祖語の語根 *seuk- に遡る。液体を口に引き込む動作が原義。同根語に suction（吸引）、suckle（乳を与える）がある。
Sucking is the -ing form of suck. Suck comes from Old English sūcan, a Germanic verb meaning to draw liquid into the mouth. It is related to words in other Indo-European languages, including Latin sugere, with the same basic sense. The physical action of drawing in liquid remains central to the modern word, while later uses extended it to air, dust, and mechanical suction.
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