swallowing
嚥下
解説 Definition
swallowing は swallow（飲み込む）の動名詞で、名詞としては「嚥下、飲み込むこと」という意味です。食べ物や飲み物を口からのどへ送る動作について使われます。
The act or physical process of moving food, drink, or another substance from the mouth through the throat. The term is often used when discussing a person's ability or difficulty in performing this action.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
swallowing は swallow「飲み込む」に -ing を付けた動名詞で、語末の w を変えずにそのまま -ing を加える。発音は /ˈswɑːloʊɪŋ/ などで、swallow と -ing の境に母音が続く。difficulty swallowing や make swallowing easier の形で、食物や飲み物を口から喉へ送る動作を思い浮かべる。
Start with the verb swallow, “to move something from the mouth down the throat,” and add -ing without changing the final w. In swallowing, the end of swallow and the -ing ending remain audibly separate, as in /ˈswɑːloʊɪŋ/ in American English. Visualize the specific movement of food or liquid from the mouth into the throat. Medical and caregiving phrases such as difficulty swallowing, check a patient’s swallowing, and make swallowing easier help fix the noun sense in memory. It names the action or process, not the bird also called a swallow.
例文
Swallowing became difficult after the surgery.
手術の後、嚥下が難しくなりました。
The nurse checked the patient's swallowing.
看護師は患者の嚥下を確認しました。
Soft food can make swallowing easier for some people.
柔らかい食べ物は、人によっては嚥下を楽にします。
swallowing の類義語・関連語
swallowing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
swallow＋-ing の名詞形です。swallow は古英語 swelgan「飲み込む」にさかのぼるゲルマン系の語で、食べ物を喉の奥へぐっと送り込む感覚がそのまま「嚥下」につながります。関連語は swallow, swallower。
Swallowing is the verbal noun formed from swallow and the suffix -ing. The verb swallow comes from Old English swelgan, meaning “to swallow or absorb,” and belongs to an old Germanic group of words referring to taking something down the throat. Its history is separate from the name of the bird called a swallow. The modern noun directly preserves the verb’s physical sense of moving material through the throat.
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