takings
摂取物
解説 Definition
takings は taking（摂取、取り入れること）の複数形として、摂取されたものや摂取量を指すことがあります。ただし一般には売上金という意味で使われることも多いので、文脈で意味を確認する必要があります。
In this specialized context, takings refers to amounts or instances of food, water, medicine, or supplements taken into the body. This use is uncommon; in ordinary British English, takings more often means the money received by a business during a particular period.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
take「取る」に -ing、さらに複数の -s が付いた形で、原形から taking になる際は語末 e を落とす。ここでは water takings、food takings のように「体内へ取り入れたもの・量」と理解する。ただし日常英語の takings は店の「売上金」がはるかに一般的なので、医療・研究の摂取記録という文脈を必ず確認する。
Build the form from take: drop the final e before adding -ing to make taking, then add plural -s to make takings. In the target medical or research context, connect it with measured items entering the body, as in daily takings of water or recorded food takings. However, mark this use as unusual. In everyday British English, a shop’s takings are the money it receives from sales. For normal discussion of nutrition or medicine, intake, consumption, or doses will often sound more natural. Let the surrounding words—water, food, supplements, records, or measurements—identify the intended sense.
例文
The nurse recorded the patient's daily takings of water.
看護師は患者の1日の水分摂取量を記録しました。
The chart shows the child's takings of each supplement.
その表には、子どもが各サプリメントをどれだけ摂取したかが示されています。
During the study, all food takings were measured carefully.
研究中、すべての食物摂取量が慎重に測定されました。
takings の類義語・関連語
takings の語源・成り立ち Etymology
takings は take に名詞化の -ing が付き、さらに複数形になった語です。take は古ノルド語 taka「つかむ・取る」に由来し、「取り入れたもの」という発想から、文脈によっては摂取物や受け取った量を表します。関連語は intake, undertake。
Takings is the plural of the noun taking, formed from take with -ing and plural -s. Take entered English from Old Norse taka, meaning to seize, grasp, or receive. From the broad idea of receiving or bringing something in, taking developed several noun senses, including an amount received and an act or instance of consuming something. The specialized intake-related interpretation depends strongly on medical or research context.
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