absorbed
吸収された
解説 Definition
absorbed は absorb（吸収する）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞として「吸収された」という意味にもなります。液体、熱、光などが物の中に取り込まれた状態を表します。
Taken into or held within a material or surface, as when water enters a towel or when heat, light, or sound is retained instead of being reflected, transmitted, or released. It is the past participle of “absorb” used adjectivally or passively.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 absorb「吸収する」に -ed を付けた過去分詞形で、語末は /bd/ と発音します。ここでは形容詞的に「液体・熱・光・音などが内部に取り込まれた状態」を表し、water absorbed by a towel のように absorbed by とよく組み合わせます。「没頭した」の語義もありますが、例文では物理的な吸収に限定して覚えましょう。
Absorbed comes from absorb plus the regular -ed ending, pronounced /d/ after the final voiced /b/. In these examples, keep the physical sense: water is absorbed by a towel, sound by thick walls, or heat by a dark surface. The pattern absorbed by clearly marks what receives the liquid or energy. Picture the material pulling something inward and holding it. Although absorbed can also mean “completely interested,” that figurative sense is not intended here. Compare it with reflected: absorbed energy stays within the material, while reflected energy is sent back from the surface.
例文
The water was absorbed by the towel.
水はタオルに吸収されました。
The sound was absorbed by the thick walls.
音は厚い壁に吸収されました。
Most of the heat was absorbed by the black surface.
熱の大部分は黒い表面に吸収されました。
absorbed の類義語・関連語
類義語
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absorbed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 absorbēre（ab-「離れて」+ sorbēre「吸い込む」）が語源。液体を吸い取るイメージから「没頭した」の意味にも発展。関連語: absorb（吸収する）、sorbent（吸着剤）。何かに完全に「吸い込まれた」状態を表す。
Absorbed is the past participle of absorb, formed by adding -ed. Absorb comes from Latin absorbere, meaning “to swallow up” or “suck in.” It combines ab-, carrying the idea of “away,” with sorbere, “to suck in” or “swallow.” The physical image of liquid being drawn into something produced the senses involving heat, light, and sound. From the same image, English later developed the figurative meaning “deeply occupied or engrossed.”
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