whimpering
泣き叫ぶ
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動詞 whimper「弱々しくすすり泣く」に -ing を付けた動名詞です。語末の e を落とさず、そのまま whimper + ing と綴り、発音は /ˈwɪmpərɪŋ/。loud crying「大声で泣く」ではなく、小さく震える声が断続的に続く場面を思い浮かべ、soft whimpering や hear someone whimpering で覚えます。
Whimpering comes from the verb whimper plus -ing; no letter is removed or doubled. Its stress remains at the beginning: /ˈwɪmpərɪŋ/. Imagine a frightened child or an injured dog making repeated, weak, trembling sounds. That picture separates whimpering from loud crying or screaming: a whimper is low, broken, and subdued. Useful patterns include hear whimpering, soft whimpering, and stop whimpering. The form may act as a noun, as in “The whimpering continued,” or as part of a continuous verb phrase, as in “The dog was whimpering.”
例文
The artist used acid to etch the design onto the metal plate.
その芸術家は金属板に酸を使ってデザインを食刻しました。
They etched their names on the glass window.
彼らはガラス窓に自分たちの名前を食刻しました。
The engraver carefully etched fine details into the surface.
その彫刻家は表面に細かな細部を慎重に食刻しました。
whimpering の類義語・関連語
whimpering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語 whimperen に由来し、擬音語的な起源を持つ。whine（めそめそ泣く）と同系で、弱々しく断続的な泣き声を模した語。接尾辞 -ing で動作・状態を名詞化。関連語：whine, wimper（独語・すすり泣く）。小さく震える声の響きがそのまま語形に反映されている。
Whimpering is the -ing form of whimper. Whimper is recorded from late Middle English and is generally treated as imitative in origin, reflecting a weak, broken crying sound. Its sound and meaning are comparable to those of whine, although the words are not interchangeable in every context. The suffix -ing turns the verb into a form that can name the action or participate in a continuous verb construction.
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