clouded
曇った
解説 Definition
clouded は cloud（曇らせる、曇る）の過去形・過去分詞で、曇った、濁ったという意味です。空やガラス、液体がはっきり見えない状態を表すときに使われます。
Clouded describes something made unclear, dim, or less transparent by clouds, dust, moisture, age, or another covering. It is the past tense and past participle of cloud and can function adjectivally to describe the resulting obscured state.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 cloud に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、発音は /ˈklaʊdɪd/ と語尾が一音節増えます。a window clouded with dust、glass became clouded のように、雲・ほこり・曇りで透明さを失う場面を連想します。cloudy が一般的な「曇りの」に対し、clouded は何かに覆われた結果の状態を表しやすい語です。
Begin with the verb cloud, meaning “make unclear or obscure,” and add -ed to form clouded. Because the base ends in /d/, the ending is pronounced /ɪd/, giving /ˈklaʊdɪd/. Picture a clear window gradually losing transparency as dust covers it, or a sky becoming hidden by clouds. Useful patterns include clouded with dust, clouded by smoke, and became clouded. Cloudy often describes a general condition, especially weather, whereas clouded more strongly suggests that something has been obscured or has changed from a clearer state.
例文
The sky was clouded by late afternoon.
午後遅くには空が曇っていました。
The window was clouded with dust.
窓はほこりで曇っていました。
The glass became clouded after years of use.
そのグラスは長年使ううちに曇ってきました。
clouded の類義語・関連語
clouded の語源・成り立ち Etymology
clouded は古英語 clud「岩・塊」が語源で、空に浮かぶ「塊」のイメージから cloud「雲」になり、-ed で状態を表す形になった語です。cloudy や clod も関連し、空が雲の塊で覆われた状態だから「曇った」という意味になります。
Clouded is the past tense and past participle of cloud, formed with the regular suffix -ed. Cloud comes from Old English clūd, which originally meant a mass of rock or a hill. Its sense shifted to a visible mass in the sky, and the noun later produced a verb meaning to cover, darken, or make unclear. Clouded consequently describes the state resulting when something has been obscured, whether by clouds, dust, moisture, or another substance.
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