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prepping

2019年04月03日 | 英単語
東野圭吾の 'The Devotion of Suspect X' を読んでいます。私が住んでいる地区が舞台になっているので実際にそんな事件があったのかと思う気になります。
When they reached the Edogawa police station, Mamiya was standing by the heater, warming his hands. Mamiya was their division chief in criminal affairs. Several men -- probably local homicide -- were scurrying around him, prepping the room to serve as investigation headquarters.
上の引用個所に出てきた "prepping" は文脈からして "preparing" と同じ意味の様ですが、辞書で確認します。

・Oxford English Dictionary: Prepare (something); make ready.: scores of volunteers help prep the food
Origin 1920s: abbreviation of prepare or preparation.

・Collins Dictionary: If you prep something, you prepare it.: After prepping the boat, they sailed it down to Carloforte.

・Cambridge English Dictionary: to prepare yourself or someone else to do something: She said she was prepping for her new movie.
やはり語源は "prepare" でしたね。
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