treading
踏む
解説 Definition
treading は tread（踏む、歩く）の現在分詞・動名詞です。足で地面や床などを踏みながら進むことを表します。やや硬めの語で、歩き方や踏む動作そのものに注意を向けるときに使われます。
Treading is the present participle or gerund of tread. It refers to placing the feet on a surface or moving forward by stepping, often with attention to how or where each foot is put down.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 tread「足を置く、踏みながら進む」に -ing を付けた treading で、発音は /ˈtredɪŋ/。tread carefully「慎重に足を運ぶ」や tread on ～「～を踏む」で覚えます。単なる walk より、足裏が地面や物に触れて圧力をかける動作へ意識を向ける、やや硬めの語です。
Connect treading to the base verb tread, which focuses on putting a foot down rather than simply traveling on foot. The form is regular: tread plus -ing, pronounced /ˈtredɪŋ/. Remember the common combinations tread carefully and tread on something. Picture someone crossing a wet floor or narrow path while watching every step. Compared with walking, treading draws more attention to contact and pressure between the feet and the surface. It can describe an action in progress or the activity of stepping itself.
例文
She was treading carefully on the wet floor.
彼女は濡れた床を慎重に歩いていました。
The hikers kept treading along the narrow path.
ハイカーたちは細い道を踏みしめながら進み続けました。
He avoided treading on the fresh paint.
彼は塗りたてのペンキを踏まないようにしました。
treading の類義語・関連語
treading の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語tredanに由来し、ゲルマン祖語の「足を下ろす・進む」という語根にさかのぼります。tread（踏む）に接尾辞-ingが付いた形で、足裏を地面に「押し付ける」動作がそのまま意味に直結しています。同根語にtreadmillがあります。
Treading is formed regularly from tread and -ing. Tread comes from Old English tredan, “to step, traverse, or trample,” and belongs to a Germanic group of words associated with placing the foot down and moving forward. That physical idea remains central in modern uses such as tread carefully and tread on something. Treadmill also preserves the same base word.
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