clingとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English clingen, from 古期英語 clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.

名詞

cling (複数形 clings)

1. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
   • 1908, O. Henry, Hostages to Momus:

     Antelope steaks and fried liver to begin on, and venison cutlets with chili con carne and pineapple fritters, and then some sardines and mixed pickles; and top it off with a can of yellow clings and a bottle of beer.

2. adherence; attachment; devotion
   • 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, OCLC 926209975, page 139:

     a more tenacious cling to worldly reſpects,

動詞

cling (third-person singular simple present clings, present participle clinging, simple past and past participle clung or (一般的ではない用法) clinged or (廃れた用法) clong)

2. To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

   Synonyms: clinch, grip; see also Thesaurus:grasp

   Seaweed clung to the anchor.

   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]

     Cartoonish, wide-eyed infants cling to their mothers or play together low to the ground.

   • 1823, Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, The Vespers of Palermo‎^[2], Act the First:

     And what hath life for thee / That thou shouldst cling to it thus?

3. To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.

   Synonyms: cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere

4. (transitive) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.

   Synonyms: cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere

   • 1732, Jonathan Swift, An Examination of Certain Abuses in the City of Dublin

     I […] clung my legs as close to his sides as I could.

5. (transitive) To cause to dry up or wither.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene v]:

     If thou speak'st false, / Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, / Till famine cling thee.

6. (intransitive) To dry up or wither.

   Wood clings.

7. (figuratively, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.

派生語

• clingy
• cling film/clingfilm

参照

• “cling” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “cling” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Notes:

語源 2

Imitative; compare clink, clang.

動詞

cling (三人称単数 現在形 clings, 現在分詞 clinging, 過去形および過去分詞形 clinged)

1. To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
   • 1913, Cleveland Moffett, Oliver Herford, The Bishop's Purse (page 121)

     The tiny chimes clinged the hours and quarters against his right and Kate's left ear. They counted nine and three-quarters.

   • 2003, Femi Abodunrin, The Dancing Masquerade, page 24:

     The latter, armed with the most famous tool of their trade — tiny clinging bells — created a small band of untrained orchestra giving their part of the market a festive outlook […]