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解説 Definition
tossing は toss（軽く投げる、放る）に -ing が付いた形です。進行形や名詞的な使い方で、物を軽く投げている動作を表します。
In the act of throwing something lightly, casually, or with a quick movement, or the activity of doing so. Tossing is the present participle and gerund of toss and may form a progressive verb phrase or function as a noun.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
toss「軽く放る」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、tossing /ˈtɔːsɪŋ/ となる。throw より軽く、短い距離へ無造作に投げる感じが核。be tossing a ball なら進行中の動作、Tossing coins ... なら「投げること」と名詞的に働く。寝返りや波の揺れにも広がる。
Take the base verb toss, “throw lightly or casually,” and add -ing without changing the spelling: tossing. Compare it with throw: tossing usually suggests a quick, light movement over a short distance, as when someone is tossing a ball or tossing leaves into the air. After a form of be, it helps make a progressive verb phrase, as in he is tossing the ball. At the beginning of Tossing coins is part of the game, it functions as a gerund naming the activity.
例文
He is tossing the ball to his brother.
彼は弟にボールを軽く投げています。
The children were tossing leaves into the air.
子どもたちは葉っぱを空中に投げ上げていました。
Tossing coins into the box is part of the game.
箱にコインを投げ入れることがそのゲームの一部です。
tossing の類義語・関連語
tossing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
tossing は toss に -ing を付けた形です。toss は中英語期から使われていますが、それ以前の起源は不確かで、スカンジナビア系の語に由来する可能性が指摘されています。-ing形は現在分詞または動名詞として用いられます。
Tossing is formed regularly from toss plus -ing. Toss entered English in the Middle English period, probably from a Scandinavian source, and originally conveyed repeated throwing, shaking, or agitated movement. Its core sense became “to throw lightly or casually.” That unstable movement also explains uses involving a ship tossed by waves or a person tossing in bed. The -ing form serves both as a present participle in progressive constructions and as a gerund naming the action.
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