covered
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。
The core image is `off` = away from the original place. So if a sticker, button, or paint `comes off`, it leaves the surface. From that same idea, an event can `come off` when it happens without trouble and works well.
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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