wallowing
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解説 Definition
wallowing は wallow（転げ回る、泥などの中でごろごろする）の動名詞・現在分詞です。名詞としては、動物などが泥や水の中で体を動かしてごろごろすることを表します。
Wallowing is the activity of rolling about or lying and moving heavily in mud, shallow water, or a similar substance. It is especially associated with animals that do this to cool themselves, protect their skin, or behave naturally.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 wallow「泥や浅い水の中で転げ回る」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末を変えず wallowing とします。ここでは動物の行為を表す名詞用法です。pigs wallowing in mud や wallowing keeps animals cool と、泥浴びで涼む場面を結び付けます。
Begin with the verb wallow and add -ing directly to form wallowing. Here it is a gerund naming the activity, especially when pigs or other animals roll, lie, and move around in mud or shallow water. Picture pigs wallowing in cool mud to regulate their temperature and protect their skin. Useful patterns include wallowing in mud, enjoy wallowing, and wallowing keeps the animals cool. The verb can also be figurative, as in wallowing in self-pity, but the target sense here is the literal animal behavior.
例文
The pigs enjoyed wallowing in the cool mud.
豚たちは冷たい泥の中でごろごろするのを楽しんでいました。
Wallowing in the shallow pond kept the animals cool.
浅い池でごろごろすることで、動物たちは涼しく過ごせました。
After the rain, wallowing became the herd's favorite activity.
雨の後、泥の中でごろごろすることが群れのお気に入りの行動になりました。
wallowing の類義語・関連語
wallowing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語「wealwian（転がる）」→中英語「walwen」が語源。ゲルマン祖語*walwōn-（回転する）に遡り、ラテン語「volvere（巻く・転がる）」と同根。関連語：revolve（回転する）、involve（巻き込む）。動物が泥の中で転がる様子が原義で、転じて「浸る・ふける」の意味にも広がった。
Wallowing is the -ing form of wallow. Wallow comes from Old English wealwian, meaning “to roll,” and continued through related Middle English forms. It belongs to an old Germanic group of words centered on rolling or turning and is related at a deeper Indo-European level to Latin volvere, “to roll.” The literal image of an animal rolling in mud or water later supported figurative uses meaning to remain immersed in an emotion or condition.
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