覆われた
解説 Definition
covered は cover（覆う）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞として「覆われた」という意味です。物や場所の表面に何かがかぶさっている状態を表します。
Covered describes a person, object, place, or surface that has something lying, spread, or placed over it. It commonly appears after be with in or with, as in a road covered in snow or hands covered with paint.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cover「覆う」に -ed が付いた過去分詞で、形容詞では「覆われた状態」を表します。語末の -ed は /d/ と発音します。be covered with books、be covered in snow の形をひとかたまりで覚え、表面に本・雪・絵の具などが広がって見えなくなる場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Covered is formed from cover plus -ed and describes the state produced when something lies or spreads over a surface. Picture a table hidden by books or a road hidden by snow, and learn the common patterns be covered with and be covered in. Because cover ends in the voiced sound /r/, the -ed ending is pronounced /d/.
例文
The table is covered with books.
テーブルは本で覆われています。
The road was covered in snow.
道は雪で覆われていました。
Her hands were covered with paint.
彼女の手は絵の具で覆われていました。
covered の類義語・関連語
covered の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語「covrian」を経て、古フランス語「covrir」（覆う）、さらにラテン語「cooperire」（co-＝完全に ＋ operire＝閉じる・覆う）に遡る。関連語: discover（覆いを取る→発見する）、recover。「完全に覆い隠す」が原義。
Covered is the past participle of cover, formed by adding -ed, pronounced /d/ in this word. Cover entered English through Old French covrir and ultimately derives from Latin cooperire, “to cover completely,” built from co- and operire, “to close or cover.” Its participial adjective describes the resulting state: something has been placed or spread over a surface.
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