woodworking
木工
解説 Definition
woodworking は woodwork（木工をする）に -ing が付いた形で、名詞としては木工や木工技術という意味です。家具や小物などを木材で作る作業や趣味を指します。
Woodworking is the activity, craft, or skill of making objects from wood, especially by cutting, shaping, joining, and finishing it. It may be practiced professionally, taught as a subject, or enjoyed as a hobby.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
wood「木材」＋working「作業すること」という透明な複合語で、「木を加工して物を作る活動」と覚えます。woodworking tools、woodworking class、woodworking skills のように使い、完成した木製部分や製品を指す woodwork に対し、woodworking は作業・技術・趣味そのものに焦点を当てます。
Break woodworking into wood and working: it is literally the work of shaping and joining wood to make useful or decorative objects. Imagine a workshop containing saws, planes, clamps, and careful measurements. Common combinations include woodworking tools, a woodworking class, and woodworking skills. The related noun woodwork can refer to wooden parts or finished work, while woodworking focuses more clearly on the activity, craft, or hobby. The visible structure of the word therefore gives you both its material, wood, and its central idea, skilled work.
例文
My uncle teaches woodworking at a local school.
叔父は地元の学校で木工を教えています。
She bought new tools for her woodworking class.
彼女は木工の授業のために新しい道具を買いました。
Good woodworking requires patience and careful measurement.
よい木工には忍耐と慎重な採寸が必要です。
woodworking の類義語・関連語
woodworking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語の「wudu（木）」と「weorc（作業）」に、行為を名詞化する接尾辞「-ing」が結合したゲルマン語起源の語です。文字通り「木を扱う作業」という構成のため、素材加工の技芸が直感的に理解できます。同構造の複合語にframework（枠組み）やmetalwork（金属加工）があります。
Woodworking is a compound formed from wood, work, and the noun-forming suffix -ing. Wood descends from Old English wudu, while work comes from Old English weorc; both belong to the Germanic part of English vocabulary. The suffix -ing identifies the activity or practice. The word therefore has the direct compositional sense “the activity of working with wood,” comparable in formation and meaning to terms such as metalworking.
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