amazed
驚いた
解説 Definition
amazed は amaze（驚かせる）の過去分詞からできた形容詞で、驚いた、びっくりしたという意味です。とても意外なことやすばらしいことに強く驚いた気持ちを表します。
Feeling very surprised, often because something is unexpected, unusually impressive, or difficult to believe. It commonly follows be, look, or seem and may be used with by or at to introduce the cause of the surprise.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 amaze「驚かせる」の語末 e を残して d を加えた過去分詞で、語尾は /d/ と発音します。「人が驚いた」なら amazed、「物事が驚くほどすごい」なら amazing と区別しましょう。be amazed by、be amazed at の形と、手品や予想外の速さに驚く場面を結び付けると実用的です。
Amazed comes from amaze, meaning “to surprise,” and functions as its past participle and as an adjective. Because amaze already ends in e, only d is added, and the ending is pronounced /d/, not as an extra syllable. Connect amazed with the person who experiences surprise: “I was amazed by the show.” In contrast, amazing describes the thing that causes that reaction: “The show was amazing.” Useful patterns include be amazed by something and be amazed at how quickly or well something happens.
例文
I was amazed by the magic show.
私はその手品ショーに驚きました。
She looked amazed when she saw the gift.
彼女はその贈り物を見て驚いた様子でした。
We were amazed at how fast the train was.
私たちはその電車の速さに驚きました。
amazed の類義語・関連語
amazed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 āmasod（混乱させる）から派生し、「迷路(maze)に迷い込む」意が原義。a-(中に)+maze(迷路)で「困惑・驚嘆」へ変化した。関連語: maze（迷路）、amazing（驚くべき）。迷路に放り込まれたような衝撃が「驚き」になった。
Amazed is formed from amaze plus the past-participle ending -ed. Amaze developed from Old English amasian, meaning “to bewilder or confuse,” and is historically associated with maze, a state of confusion and later a confusing network of paths. The modern adjective shifted toward strong surprise or wonder. Its spelling preserves the final e of amaze before the added d.
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