sweeping
掃除する
解説 Definition
sweeping は sweep（掃く、掃除する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。ほうきなどで床や道のごみを払って掃除している動作を表します。
Moving a broom or similar tool across a surface to remove dust, leaves, or other unwanted material. This -ing form can describe an action in progress or function as a gerund naming the activity of cleaning in this way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 sweep「掃く」に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、二重母音字 ee を残し、子音を重ねず sweeping と綴ります。発音の末尾は /ɪŋ/ です。sweep the floor「床を掃く」、sweep leaves from the steps「階段から葉を掃き除く」のように、ほうきでごみを払う動作と目的語をセットで覚えましょう。
Sweeping is formed simply by adding -ing to sweep: keep the double e and do not double the final consonant. The ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Picture the broad sideways movement of a broom pushing dust or leaves away. Learn it with a surface or material: sweeping the floor, sweeping the steps, or sweeping leaves from a path. In “She is sweeping,” it is part of a progressive verb and shows an action in progress. In “Sweeping the room took ten minutes,” it is a gerund naming the cleaning activity itself.
例文
She is sweeping the kitchen floor.
彼女は台所の床を掃いています。
He was sweeping leaves from the steps.
彼は階段の落ち葉を掃いていました。
Sweeping the room took only ten minutes.
部屋を掃除するのに10分しかかかりませんでした。
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sweeping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 swāpan（「掃く、勢いよく動く」）が語源。ほうきで一気に払う動作が原義で、「広範囲に及ぶ」という比喩的意味にも発展した。関連語: sweep（掃く）、swoop（急降下する）。
Sweeping is the -ing form of sweep. Sweep comes from Old English swāpan, meaning “to sweep” or to move forcefully, and has Germanic roots. The physical image is a broad, continuous movement that carries material along or removes it. From this motion, sweep later developed figurative senses involving rapid movement or wide extent. In the examples here, however, sweeping retains its basic meaning of cleaning a surface with a broom or similar tool.
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