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解説 Definition
tucking は tuck（押し込む、たくし込む、タックを入れる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。布や端を内側に入れる動作を表し、衣服や寝具についてよく使われます。
Tucking is the present participle or gerund of tuck. It refers to pushing, folding, or fitting an edge, piece of fabric, or object neatly into a confined position, such as putting a shirt inside a waistband or arranging a blanket closely around someone.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tucking は tuck「端や布を内側へ押し込む、折り込む」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。語末が短母音＋子音でも、tuck はすでに ck で終わるため k を重ねず、そのまま tucking とします。tuck a shirt into a skirt、tuck a blanket around a child という場面で、「きちんと中へ収める」動きを覚えましょう。
Connect tucking with the base verb tuck, meaning to push or fold something neatly into a place. Add -ing directly: tuck becomes tucking, with no additional k because the base already ends in ck. Picture someone tucking a shirt into a skirt or tucking a blanket securely around a child. The motion is controlled and inward, often leaving the item neat or snug. This distinguishes tucking from stuffing, which can suggest forcing something carelessly into a space, and from folding, which does not necessarily involve putting the material inside or around something.
例文
She is tucking her shirt into her skirt.
彼女はシャツをスカートの中に入れています。
He kept tucking the blanket around the child.
彼は子どもの周りに毛布を何度も掛け直していました。
The tailor spent the afternoon tucking the fabric neatly at the waist.
仕立て屋は午後いっぱい、腰の部分の布をきれいにタックしていました。
tucking の類義語・関連語
tucking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
tucking は tuck の -ing 形で、語源は中低地ドイツ語・中世オランダ語系の tucken「引き上げる、ぐいと引く」とされる。核にあるのは「引いて中へ収める」感覚で、布を折り込む・物を押し込む意味になり、tug や tow と近い発想をもつ。
Tucking is formed from tuck plus the participial or gerund ending -ing. Tuck is recorded in Middle English and is commonly connected with Middle Low German or Middle Dutch forms referring to pulling, plucking, or drawing something sharply. Its English senses developed around drawing up, folding, and putting an edge or object into a secure position. The modern form tucking preserves that central image of moving material inward and arranging it closely or neatly.
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