DYINGとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/
• 韻: -aɪɪŋ
• Homophone: dyeing

語源 1

From die +‎ -ing.

形容詞

dying (not comparable)

1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

   The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!

   a dying fire

   The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

   • 2007 July 25, Roberta Smith, “Figures Moving as if in a Trance Across an Isolated, Lawless Island”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     The face of the dying man in the lingchi video monotonously evokes Maria Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer ’s 1928 “Passion of Joan of Arc.”

2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

   In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

   • 1957 April, P. J. Norris, “The Watford-St. Albans Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 281:

     The dieselisation of this line has not been, as is sometimes the case, a means of reviving a dying branch, but an improving hand to a healthy service.

   • 2024 March 20, Christian Wolmar, “NAO report highlights lack of clarity and purpose”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 34:

     Just as with other recent reports by various bodies on HS2 and the ticket office closures, the National Audit Office's effort on the rail reform process is a devastating exposé of the failings and floundering of a dying administration that has failed to understand the value of having an efficient rail network.

3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

   His dying words were of his mother.

   until my dying day

   his dying bed

反意語

• nascent

派生語

名詞

dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)

1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.
   • 1995 November 26, Laura Mansnerus, quoting Timothy Leary, “At Death's Door, the Message Is Tune In, Turn On, Drop In”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     “I'm looking forward to the most fascinating experience in life, which is dying,” he said. “You've got to approach your dying the way you live your life—with curiosity, with hope, with fascination, with courage and with the help of your friends.”

派生語

• assisted dying
• dying room
• Great Dying

動詞

dying

1. present participle and gerund of die

語源 2

From dye +‎ -ing.

動詞

dying

1. (now nonstandard) present participle and gerund of dye

アナグラム

• dingy