スワイプ
解説 Definition
swipes は、画面を指でさっと払う操作を指す名詞 swipe の複数形です。スマートフォンなどで、表示内容の移動や選択を行う「スワイプ」を表します。
Swipes are quick movements made by sliding a finger across a touchscreen to navigate, select, or move displayed content. The form can also be the third-person singular present of swipe, but in this sense it commonly functions as the plural count noun.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- swipes は動詞 swipe の三人称単数現在形にもなります。このページの例文では、すべて複数名詞です。 Swipes can also be the third-person singular present form of the verb swipe. In all the examples on this page, it is a plural noun.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
指で画面をさっと払う一動作を one swipe、繰り返すと swipes と数えます。発音は /swaɪps/ です。
Picture each complete finger movement across a screen as one swipe. Repeated movements are swipes, pronounced /swaɪps/.
例文
The app counts your swipes during the lesson.
そのアプリはレッスン中のスワイプ回数を数えます。
Two swipes to the left will open the settings menu.
左に2回スワイプすると設定メニューが開きます。
She uses quick swipes to move between the photos.
彼女は素早いスワイプで写真を切り替えます。
swipes の類義語・関連語
swipes の語源・成り立ち Etymology
swipes は swipe の複数形。swipe は英語の口語語で、語源はやや不確かだが、sweep「さっと払う」と近いゲルマン系の語群に結びつけられる。もとは「ひと払い・強い一打」で、そこから指をさっと払う動作の意味になった。関連語は sweep、sideswipe。
Swipes is formed regularly by adding the plural or third-person singular ending -s to swipe. Swipe is an English colloquial word whose deeper origin is uncertain. It first referred to a forceful blow or sweeping stroke and later developed senses involving taking something quickly. With touchscreen technology, the existing idea of a rapid sweeping motion was applied to sliding a finger across a display. In the examples here, swipes is specifically the plural noun for such gestures.
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