unloading
荷降ろし
解説 Definition
unloading は unload（荷を降ろす）の動名詞・現在分詞で、名詞としては荷降ろしという意味です。トラックや船、倉庫などから荷物を下ろす作業を表すときに使います。
Unloading is the activity or process of removing goods, equipment, or other contents from a vehicle, ship, container, or storage space. It is also the present participle of unload when the action is described as ongoing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
unloading は unload「荷を降ろす」に-ingを付けた形で、un-はここではload「積む」の動作を元に戻す意味です。発音は /ˌʌnˈloʊdɪŋ/。the unloading of a truck、start unloading boxesのように、車両や船から荷を下ろす作業と結び付けましょう。
Build the word from unload + -ing. Load means put goods onto or into something, while the prefix un- reverses that action: unload means take them off or out. Since unload does not end in silent e, simply add -ing: unload → unloading, pronounced /ˌʌnˈloʊdɪŋ/. Picture workers unloading boxes from a truck at a loading dock. Useful patterns include the unloading of a ship, start unloading, and unloading heavy equipment. Loading moves goods in or on; unloading moves them out or off.
例文
The unloading of the truck took two hours.
トラックの荷降ろしには2時間かかりました。
Workers started unloading the boxes before sunrise.
作業員たちは日の出前に箱の荷降ろしを始めました。
Unloading heavy equipment requires careful planning.
重い機材の荷降ろしには慎重な計画が必要です。
unloading の類義語・関連語
unloading の語源・成り立ち Etymology
接頭辞un-（逆・解除）＋ load（荷を積む）＋ -ing。loadは古英語lād（道・運搬）に由来し、運ぶものから「荷物」の意味に変化した。unで逆動作を表し「荷を降ろす」こと。関連語：upload（上げる）、download（下ろす）。
Unloading is formed from the verb unload and the suffix -ing. Unload combines un-, expressing reversal or removal, with load. Load developed from Old English lād, a word associated with a way, journey, or carrying, and later came to mean something transported. The modern formation therefore describes reversing the act of loading by removing cargo or contents. As an -ing form, unloading can name the process or participate in a continuous verb construction.
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