wingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingaz, *wēingô. Cognate with Danish vinge (“wing”), Swedish vinge (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind.

Replaced native Middle English fither (from 古期英語 fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþriją), which merged with Middle English fether (from 古期英語 feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō). More at feather.

発音

• enPR: wĭng, IPA^(key): /wɪŋ/
• 韻: -ɪŋ

名詞

wing (複数形 wings)

1. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly

   The bird was flapping its wings

2. A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
4. (slang) Human arm.
5. (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

   I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.

6. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
7. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
8. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
9. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
10. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
11. Passage by flying; flight.

    to take wing

    • c. 1606 (date written), 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, [Act III, scene ii]:

      Light thickens; and the crow / Makes wing to the rooky wood.

12. Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
    • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

      Fiery expedition be my wing.

13. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.

    the west wing of the hospital

    the wings of a corkscrew

    • 2017, Laura Bates, Girl Up (page 8)

      It's a bit annoying but (like sanitary pads with wings) it's worth it if you want to stay extra secure.

14. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
15. A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
16. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
17. A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
18. A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
19. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
    1. (Britain) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
    2. (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
20. (Britain) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
21. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
22. (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
    • 1864, William M. Brady, The Kedge-anchor:

      their ends may rest a little below the orlop-wing gratings

23. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.

    Smith started the game in the centre of midfield, but moved to the wing after 30 minutes.

24. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
    • 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC‎^[1]:

      The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.

25. (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
    • 1985, David Grambs, Literary Companion Dictionary, page 378:

      ˇ wing, wedge, hǎcek, inverted circumflex (Karel Čapek)

27. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 176:

      The performers crowded breathlessly in the wings.

28. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
    • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

      Anyone and everyone with wings - press officers, operations specialists, even General Curtis LeMay, commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe - was put on flight duty and took turns flying double shifts for "Operation Vittles."

29. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
30. On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.

    Tom's a 4 on the enneagram, with a 3 wing.

別の表記

• weng, whing, wyng (all 廃れた用法)

同意語

• (panel of a car): fender (米国用法), guard (Australia)
• (sports position): forward
• (U.S. Air Force): delta (U.S. Space Force), garrison (U.S. Space Force)

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動詞

wing (third-person singular simple present wings, present participle winging, simple past and past participle winged or (一般的ではない用法) wung)

1. (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
2. (intransitive) To fly.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:

     Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

3. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
4. (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

   I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.

5. (transitive) To throw.
6. (transitive) To furnish with wings.
7. (transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
8. (transitive) To traverse by flying.

アナグラム

• Gwin, gwin