turningとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: tûrʹ-nĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈtɜɹ.nɪŋ/
  • (英国発音) IPA^(key): [ˈtɜː.nɪŋ]
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): [ˈtɝ.nɪŋ]
  • 韻: -ɜː(r)nɪŋ
  • ハイフネーション: turn‧ing
  • 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ

名詞

turning (複数形 turnings)

1. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.

   Take the second turning on the left.

2. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their body between the ball and an opposing player trying to do the same.
4. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
5. The act of turning.
   • 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

6. (複数形 only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

   The turnings get into your trouser turnups!

同意語

• (shavings): swarf

派生語

• turning point

動詞

turning

1. present participle of turn

   The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.

   He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.

アナグラム

• Ringnut, runting