車輪で運ぶこと
解説 Definition
wheel の動名詞・現在分詞で、車輪の付いた物を押すなどして人や物を運ぶこと、またはそのように運んでいる動作を表します。「車輪付き」を表す形容詞には通常 wheeled を使います。
Wheeling is the act of moving a person or object on or by means of wheels, such as pushing a patient in a wheelchair or transporting equipment on a cart. It is the gerund of wheel and can also function as its present participle.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 wheel「車輪で動かす」に -ing を付けた形で、語末の l はそのまま残して wheeling と綴り、発音は /ˈwiːlɪŋ/ です。名詞用法では wheeling heavy equipment「重い機材を車輪で運ぶこと」のように使います。carrying は持ち上げて運ぶ点が異なります。
Begin with the noun wheel, then use it as a verb meaning “move something on wheels.” Add -ing without dropping or doubling the final l: wheel becomes wheeling, pronounced /ˈwiːlɪŋ/. As a gerund, it names the action, as in “Wheeling heavy equipment requires care.” As a present participle, it appears in “The nurse was wheeling a patient.” Picture a cart, wheelchair, or piece of equipment rolling across a floor. Unlike carrying, wheeling normally keeps the load supported by wheels rather than lifted in someone’s arms.
例文
Wheeling the cart across the floor required little effort.
カートを床の上で押して運ぶのには、ほとんど力が要りませんでした。
Wheeling heavy equipment requires care.
重い機材を車輪で動かすには注意が必要です。
The nurse was wheeling a patient toward the elevator.
看護師は患者を車椅子でエレベーターの方へ運んでいました。
wheeling の類義語・関連語
wheeling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
wheel に動作名詞の接尾辞 -ing がついた語で、「車輪で動くこと・車輪の働き」が原義です。wheel 自体は古英語 hweol / hweogol にさかのぼり、核にあるのは「ぐるっと回る円」の感覚。だから wheeling は車輪つきの移動や回転の動きを表します。関連語は wheel, wheeled。
Wheeling is formed from wheel and the suffix -ing, which creates a gerund or present participle. Wheel comes from Old English hweol or hweogol and is related to other Germanic words for a rotating circular object. The verb developed naturally from the noun, first meaning to move on wheels or cause something to roll. Wheeling therefore denotes that action and can also describe broader circular or turning movement in other contexts.
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