壊れた
解説 Definition
「壊れた」を表す名詞です。
The simple past form of break, used when someone or something damaged, divided, interrupted, or surpassed something in the past. In the expression be broke, it also informally means having no money.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 break の不規則過去形が broke で、発音は /broʊk/。規則的な breaked にはしません。broke a vase「花瓶を壊した」、broke a record「記録を破った」のように目的語で意味を判断します。また be broke なら「無一文だ」という形容詞的な用法です。
Connect broke directly with the irregular pattern break–broke–broken. Use broke for a completed past action: someone broke a vase, broke a promise, or broke a record. The object tells you what kind of “breaking” occurred. Do not form the past tense as breaked. Also remember the separate informal pattern be broke, meaning to have no money: “After the trip, I was broke.” This contrast between broke plus an object and be broke helps distinguish the past-tense verb from the adjective.
例文
He accidentally broke his sister's favorite vase.
彼は誤って妹のお気に入りの花瓶を壊してしまった。
She broke the world record at the Olympics.
彼女はオリンピックで世界記録を破った。
After the expensive vacation, he was completely broke.
高価な休暇の後、彼は完全に無一文になった。
broke の類義語・関連語
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broke の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 brecan（壊す）から派生。ゲルマン祖語 *brekaną に遡り、ラテン語 frangere（壊す）とも印欧祖語で同根。break→broke は過去形だが「無一文の」の意味もあり、これは「壊れた財布」の比喩から。関連語：fracture、fragment。
Broke is the inherited past-tense form of break, which comes from Old English brecan and ultimately from a Germanic verb meaning “to break.” Its vowel change reflects the older Germanic system seen in irregular patterns such as speak–spoke. The adjective broke, meaning “without money,” developed later from the broader idea of being financially ruined or broken. Words such as fracture and fragment are related in meaning but come from Latin rather than from the same English word family.
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