bearingとは

語源 1

From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from 古期英語 berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym 古期英語 bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear +‎ -ing.

動詞

bearing

1. present participle of bear

形容詞

bearing (not comparable)

1. (in combination) That bears (some specified thing).

   a gift-bearing visitor

2. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

   That's a bearing wall.

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English bering, beringe, berynge, equivalent to bear +‎ -ing.

名詞

bearing (複数形 bearings)

1. A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
2. (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
3. Relevance; a relationship or connection.

   That has no bearing on this issue.

   • Alexander Pope

     But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies.

4. One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

   She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.

   • Shakespeare

     I know him by his bearing.

5. (in the plural) Direction or relative position.
6. (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

   A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

7. (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
8. (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.

   The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

9. (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
   • Thackeray

     A carriage covered with armorial bearings.

下位語

関連する語

• find one’s bearings
• get one’s bearings
• lose one’s bearings

参考

• ABEC
• bearing on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Binegar, bangier, barge in

接尾辞

-bearing

1. That bears (whatever this combining form combines with).

派生語

• child-bearing
• childbearing
• load-bearing

参考

• bearing