swiveling
回転する
解説 Definition
回転させること。または回転する動き。
Swiveling means turning around smoothly from side to side or in a circular direction around a fixed point. It is often used for chairs, cameras, or a person's head and eyes. The word suggests easy, quick movement rather than full travel from one place to another.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず基礎形の swivel を「軸を中心にくるっと向きを変える」と押さえると、swiveling はその動きが今まさに続いている感じで覚えやすいです。rotate が機械的・中立な回転なら、swivel は椅子や目、頭が一点を支点に向きを変える場面で出やすい語。a swiveling chair, his head was swiveling around など、体や家具が“向きを振るように回る”映像で結ぶと定着します。
Think first of the base word `swivel`, which means turning around a fixed point. It often appears with chairs, heads, or eyes, not with large circular motion. `Swiveling` is just that turning movement happening now or continuing.
例文
The swiveling chair rotates smoothly.
スイベル椅子は滑らかに回転する。
The swiveling mechanism works perfectly.
回転メカニズムは完璧に機能する。
The swiveling action is effortless.
回転動作は楽である。
swiveling の類義語・関連語
類義語
swiveling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
swivelingはswivelの現在分詞・動名詞形で、-ingが「回す動き」を表します。swivelは中英語を経て古英語swifan「回る・旋回する」にさかのぼり、軸の上でくるっと向きを変える感覚が、そのまま「回転する」につながります。関連語はswivel、swiftです。
Swiveling is the -ing form of swivel. Swivel goes back through Middle English to an old Germanic root meaning "to turn" or "move around," related to the sense seen in words like sweep and possibly swift in their older idea of turning or moving quickly. The meaning stayed close to a physical turning motion around a point or axis.
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