wrecking
破壊する
解説 Definition
wrecking は wreck（壊す、破壊する）の現在分詞で、「破壊する」「壊すための」という意味です。建物や車などを壊す作業や、そのための道具・人についてよく使われます。
Wrecking describes people, equipment, or work involved in deliberately destroying or dismantling a building, vehicle, or other structure. It is the -ing form of wreck and is commonly used before nouns such as crew, machine, and company.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
wreck「壊す」に -ing を付けた形で、語末の k はそのままに wrecking となります。ここでは wrecking crew「解体作業員」、wrecking machine「解体機械」のように名詞の前に置き、「壊す作業をする・解体用の」と覚えます。発音は /ˈrekɪŋ/ で、w は発音しません。
Connect wrecking directly with the verb wreck, meaning “to destroy or badly damage.” It is formed regularly by adding -ing, with no spelling change: wreck becomes wrecking. The initial w remains silent, so the word begins with the sound /r/. In phrases such as wrecking crew, wrecking machine, and wrecking company, it appears before a noun and identifies someone or something used for demolition. Picture a crew and a large machine beside an unsafe old building; everything associated with the work of taking it down can be described as wrecking.
例文
The wrecking crew arrived early in the morning.
解体作業員たちは朝早く到着しました。
A large wrecking machine stood beside the old building.
古い建物の横に大きな解体機械がありました。
The city hired a wrecking company to remove the unsafe wall.
市は危険な壁を取り除くために解体会社を雇いました。
wrecking の類義語・関連語
wrecking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
wrecking は wreck＋-ing で、wreck は中英語 wrek、さらにアングロ・ノルマン語と古ノルド語系の語に由来し、元は「押し流す・追い立てる」意のゲルマン祖語にさかのぼります。船が打ち上げられて壊れるイメージから「破壊する」になりました。関連語は wreckage, wreak。
Wrecking is formed from wreck and the suffix -ing. Wreck entered English through Middle English and is related to Germanic and Scandinavian words associated with driving, casting, or causing ruin, especially in the context of ships. Its meaning broadened from a ship or its ruined remains to the act of severely damaging or destroying other things. In modern compounds such as wrecking crew, the -ing form identifies the purpose or activity of demolition.
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