blossomed
開花した
解説 Definition
blossomed は blossom（花が咲く、発展する）の過去形・過去分詞です。花が開いたことを表すほか、才能や関係などが良い方向に発展したことにも使われます。
Blossomed is the past tense and past participle of blossom. It describes flowers opening on a plant or, figuratively, a talent, interest, relationship, or personal quality developing successfully and becoming stronger.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
blossomed は blossom「花が咲く・良く発展する」の過去形・過去分詞で、blossom–blossomed–blossomed と規則変化します。語尾 -ed は /d/ と発音します。trees blossomed なら実際の開花、interest blossomed なら関心が豊かに育った比喩と見分けましょう。
Start with the regular verb blossom and add -ed: blossom–blossomed–blossomed. Here the ending is pronounced /d/, because blossom ends in a voiced sound. Imagine a closed bud opening fully; that completed change gives you the literal past meaning in the trees blossomed or flowers have blossomed. The same image extends naturally to human development: her interest blossomed, their friendship blossomed, or his talent blossomed. Unlike grew, blossomed usually suggests an attractive, promising, or successful development, not merely an increase in size. The nearby noun bloom can reinforce the shared picture of flowers opening.
例文
The cherry trees blossomed early this year.
今年は桜の木が早く開花しました。
Small white flowers blossomed along the path.
小さな白い花が小道沿いに咲きました。
Her interest in science blossomed after the summer course.
夏の講座のあと、彼女の科学への関心は大きく育ちました。
blossomed の類義語・関連語
blossomed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語のblōstmに由来し、印欧語根*bhel-（咲く・栄える）を語根とします。枝からつぼみがふくらみ開く様子をそのまま表しており、自然な開花や成長の意味で定着しました。同語源のbloomも合わせてイメージすると理解が深まります。
Blossomed is formed from blossom plus the regular past-tense and past-participle ending -ed. Blossom comes from Old English blōstm, a noun for a flower or bloom, and is historically connected with Germanic words for flourishing. It is also associated with the Indo-European root commonly reconstructed as bhel-, conveying ideas such as swelling, blooming, or thriving. The figurative sense developed readily from a flower opening into the idea of a person, ability, or relationship flourishing.
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