welling
湧き出る
解説 Definition
welling は well（湧き出る、こみ上げる）の動名詞・現在分詞で、水や感情などが湧き出ることを表します。液体が下から出てくる場合にも、涙や感情が内側からこみ上げる場合にも使われます。
The process of rising and flowing out from within or below, especially when water, tears, or an emotion gradually comes to the surface. It is the gerund or present-participle form of the verb well.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 well「湧き出る」に -ing を付けた形で、語末の l は重ねない。井戸を表す名詞 well と同じ綴りなので、地中から水が湧く井戸を核に、water welling from the ground、tears welling in one’s eyes、感情が内側からこみ上げる場面へ広げて覚える。
Welling is formed by adding -ing to the verb well, with no doubled final l. Connect it with the familiar noun well, a place from which underground water is drawn: both help evoke something coming upward from below. Visualize water welling from the ground, then extend the same movement to tears welling in someone’s eyes or relief welling inside a person. Unlike a sudden burst, welling often suggests a gradual, visible rise from an inner source. Remember the pattern “well up” for the same basic image.
例文
I saw water welling from the ground.
地面から水が湧き出ているのが見えました。
Tears were welling in her eyes.
彼女の目には涙がこみ上げていました。
A quiet sense of relief was welling inside him.
彼の中に静かな安堵感が湧き上がっていました。
welling の類義語・関連語
welling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
welling は動詞 well「湧く・こみ上げる」からできた名詞。古英語 wiellan / weallan に由来し、原義は「沸く、泡立ちながら上がる」。だから水や感情が内側から「湧き出る」感じを表す。関連語は well, upwell。
Welling is the -ing form of the verb well. The verb descends from Old English wiellan or weallan, meaning “to boil, surge, or bubble up.” Its earliest image was therefore active upward movement, like heated or spring water rising. English later extended this physical sense to tears and emotions that seem to rise from inside a person. The spelling follows ordinary formation: well plus -ing becomes welling without adding another l.
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