weighing
重さを量る
解説 Definition
weighing は weigh（重さを量る）の現在分詞・動名詞形で、「重さを量っている、重さを量ること」という意味です。物や人の重さをはかりで確認する場面で使います。
The present participle or gerund of “weigh,” referring here to measuring how heavy a person or object is, usually by placing it on a scale or balance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 weigh に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。gh は発音せず、weigh は way と同音で、weighing では「ウェイ・イング」のように母音の境目を意識します。weigh the baby、weigh the apples のように、はかりで人や物の重さを確認する場面と結び付けましょう。
Connect weighing with the base verb weigh by adding -ing without removing any letters. The gh in weigh is silent, and weigh sounds like way; in weighing, the ending begins a new syllable. Picture a scale being used to measure apples, flour, or a baby. Common patterns include weighing the baby, weighing the ingredients, and carefully weighing the flour. Keep it distinct from weighting, which means assigning weight or importance to something. The noun weight names the measured heaviness, while weighing names the act of finding it.
例文
She is weighing the apples.
彼女はリンゴの重さを量っています。
The nurse is weighing the baby.
看護師が赤ちゃんの体重を量っています。
Weighing the flour carefully makes the cake better.
小麦粉を丁寧に量るとケーキがおいしくなります。
weighing の類義語・関連語
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weighing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
weighing は weigh に -ing が付いた形で、weigh は古英語 wegan「持ち上げる・運ぶ」にさかのぼるゲルマン系の語です。物を天秤で持ち上げて重さを見きわめる感覚から今の意味になり、weight や outweigh も同じ流れの仲間です。
Weighing is formed from weigh plus the participial and gerund suffix -ing. Weigh comes from Old English wegan, which meant to carry, move, or lift, and belongs to a Germanic word family. The modern measuring sense developed from lifting or balancing an object to determine its heaviness. Weight and outweigh are historically related. The spelling preserves gh, although those letters are silent in present-day pronunciation.
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