洗濯
解説 Definition
washing は wash（洗う）の動名詞・現在分詞で、名詞としては「洗濯」という意味です。衣類などを洗う行為や、洗う必要のある洗濯物を指して使います。
Washing is the activity of cleaning clothes or similar items with water, usually with soap or detergent. It can also refer collectively to clothes and other articles that are being washed or need to be washed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
washing は wash に -ing を付けた形で、ここでは動作を名詞化した「洗濯」や集合的な「洗濯物」。末尾の e を落とす変化はなく、そのまま wash＋ing とする。英では do the washing が日常的で、米では do the laundry が多い。「洗う行為」と「洗う物」の両方を文脈で見分けよう。
Form washing simply by adding -ing to wash: there is no final e to remove and no consonant to double. As a noun, it can name either the activity of cleaning clothes or the collection of clothes that need cleaning. Use the surrounding words to identify the sense: “finish the washing” emphasizes the task, while “a lot of washing” can mean a large quantity of clothes. The common British expression is do the washing; American English often prefers do the laundry. Keep wash as the base verb and washing as the activity or items involved.
例文
I do the washing on Sunday.
私は日曜日に洗濯をします。
There is a lot of washing today.
今日は洗濯物がたくさんあります。
She finished the washing before lunch.
彼女は昼食前に洗濯を終えました。
washing の類義語・関連語
washing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 wascan（洗う）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *waskaną に遡る。「水で汚れを落とす」が原義。関連語：wash（洗う）、washer（洗濯機）。日常的な基本語で、古くから形を変えずに残っている純粋なゲルマン系の語。
Washing is built from the verb wash and the noun-forming suffix -ing. Wash comes from Old English wascan or wæscan and belongs to an old Germanic group of words connected with cleaning something in water. The basic sense of removing dirt with liquid has remained stable for centuries. The suffix -ing turns the action expressed by the verb into the name of an activity, and the resulting noun later also came to denote the clothes or other items involved in that activity.
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