ヨット競技
解説 Definition
yachting は yacht（ヨットに乗る）からできた語で、ヨット競技やヨットで航行する活動を表す名詞です。娯楽としてのヨット遊びにも、競技としてのヨットレースにも使われます。
The activity or sport of sailing, cruising, or racing in a yacht. It can refer both to recreational trips on yachts and to organized competitive sailing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
yacht「ヨットに乗る」に -ing を付けて、活動名を作った語。yacht の綴りには発音しない ch があるが、yachting でも残り、発音は /ˈjɒtɪŋ/ または /ˈjɑːtɪŋ/。go yachting、yachting club、yachting event を、帆走の娯楽とレース競技の両方に結び付ける。
Yachting is yacht plus -ing and names the activity or sport rather than a single boat. The unusual letters ch remain in the spelling even though they are not pronounced; yachting begins like “yot.” Link it with go yachting for the leisure activity, a yachting club for training and social sailing, and a yachting event for competition. The word covers both cruising for pleasure and organized yacht racing, so imagine the same boat moving from a relaxed summer outing to a marked racecourse.
例文
Yachting is popular in the summer.
ヨット競技は夏に人気があります。
She learned yachting at a local club.
彼女は地元のクラブでヨット競技を学びました。
The island hosts an annual yachting event for young sailors.
その島では若いセーラー向けのヨット競技大会が毎年開かれます。
yachting の類義語・関連語
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yachting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
yachting は yacht + -ing で、「ヨットをすること」からできた語です。yacht はオランダ語 jacht「追跡・狩り」、さらに jachtschip「追跡船」に由来し、もとは速く追う船だったため、のちに遊覧船や競技艇の名になったと分かると意味の広がりが見えます。関連語は yachter, yachtsman。
Yachting was formed in English from yacht and the activity-forming suffix -ing. Yacht came through Dutch jacht, an abbreviated form related to jachtschip, literally a fast “hunting” or “pursuit ship.” Such vessels were valued for speed and later became associated with transportation, recreation, and racing. As yacht acquired its modern nautical sense, yachting naturally developed as the name for sailing or racing such craft.
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