調子を整える
解説 Definition
toning は tone（調子を整える、引き締める）の現在分詞・動名詞です。色や音、体の筋肉などを望ましい状態に整えることを表します。
Toning is the process of adjusting or improving the tone of something, such as the colors in an image, the balance of a sound, or the firmness of muscles. As a gerund, it can also refer to performing the action expressed by the verb tone.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 tone の語末の無音の e を取り、-ing を付けた形です。tone が音調・色調・筋肉の張りを表すため、toning はそれらを望ましい調子へ整える過程を指します。toning an image、toning exercises、toning a recording のように、対象と一緒に覚えると、単なる「変化」ではなく「調整」の核がつかめます。
Start with tone, which can refer to the quality of a color, a sound, or the firmness of the body. Form toning by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. The shared idea is adjustment toward a desired quality: toning an image changes its colors, toning a recording balances its sound, and toning exercises develop firmer-looking muscles. Learn the word with its object because the exact meaning depends on what is being adjusted. In every case, think of improving or balancing a particular kind of tone.
例文
Toning the image made the colors look softer.
画像の色調を整えると、色がより柔らかく見えました。
The trainer suggested toning exercises for her arms.
トレーナーは彼女に腕を引き締める運動を勧めました。
Careful toning helped the recording sound clear and balanced.
丁寧に音の調子を整えたことで、その録音は明瞭でバランスよく聞こえました。
toning の類義語・関連語
toning の語源・成り立ち Etymology
toning は tone＋-ing。tone は古フランス語 tone、さらにラテン語 tonus、ギリシャ語 tonos「張り・音調」に由来します。弦の張り具合が音の高さを決める感覚から、「調子を整える」という意味に納得できます。related: tonic, intonation。
Toning is formed regularly from tone by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Tone entered English through Old French and Latin tonus from Greek tonos, a word connected with tension, stretching, and musical pitch. The relationship between the tension of a string and the sound it produces helped establish the musical sense. English later extended tone to qualities of color and physical condition, allowing the verb to mean adjusting or improving those qualities.
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