bred
育てられた
解説 Definition
bred は breed（育てる、繁殖させる）の過去形・過去分詞です。動物や植物が特定の目的で育てられた、または繁殖させられたことを表します。
Bred is the past tense and past participle of breed. It means raised animals or cultivated plants for reproduction or particular qualities, and in passive constructions it often indicates that they were deliberately developed for a specified purpose or characteristic.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bred は breed「育てる・繁殖させる」の不規則な過去形・過去分詞で、-ed は付きません。発音も breed /briːd/ の長い /iː/ から bred /bred/ の短い /e/ に変わります。were bred for racing「競走用に育てられた」、bred to grow in cold weather「寒冷地で育つよう品種改良された」のように、目的を示す for や to と組み合わせて覚えます。
Bred is the irregular past tense and past participle of breed, so it does not take the regular ending -ed. Notice the vowel change: breed is /briːd/, with a long vowel, but bred is /bred/, with a short vowel. Picture people selecting horses for speed, dogs for work, or plants for cold conditions. Common passive patterns reveal the intended purpose: “horses were bred for racing,” “a dog was bred as a working dog,” and “plants were bred to grow in cold weather.” This separates deliberate breeding from simply feeding or caring for something.
例文
These horses were bred for racing.
これらの馬は競走用に育てられました。
The plants were bred to grow in cold weather.
その植物は寒い気候でも育つように改良されました。
This dog was bred as a working dog.
この犬は作業犬として育てられました。
bred の類義語・関連語
bred の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bredはbreedの過去・過去分詞形で、古英語brēdan「育てる・養う」に由来します。もともと「食べさせて育てる」感覚があり、そこから人や動物が「育てられた」という意味になりました。関連語はbreed, breeder。
Bred is the inherited irregular past-tense and past-participle form of breed. Breed comes from Old English brēdan, which meant to bring up, nourish, produce offspring, or cause to reproduce. Over time, the verb became especially associated with raising animals and cultivating plants, often by selecting desired characteristics. The vowel alternation between breed and bred preserves an old pattern rather than the modern regular method of forming the past with -ed.
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