混雑した
解説 Definition
crowded は、crowd（人が集まる、詰め込む）の過去形・過去分詞からできた形で、「混雑した」という意味の形容詞として使われます。人や物が多くて場所に余裕がない状態を表します。
Containing so many people or things that there is little room to move or use the space comfortably. It commonly describes places such as trains, rooms, streets, or stores and may be followed by with to identify what fills them.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 crowd「群衆・群がる」に -ed が付いた過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞では「人や物でいっぱいの」を表す。crowd の末尾が有声音 /d/ なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音し、crowd-ed と一音節増える。a crowded train、be crowded with people で覚える。
Start with crowd, meaning a large group of people or the act of filling a place, and add -ed. Crowded can be the past form or past participle of crowd, but it is often an adjective meaning “filled with too many people or things.” Because crowd ends in the voiced sound /d/, the -ed ending is pronounced /ɪd/, adding a syllable: /ˈkraʊdɪd/. Remember common patterns such as a crowded train, a crowded room, and be crowded with tourists.
例文
The train is crowded today.
今日は電車が混んでいます。
We left the crowded room.
私たちは混雑した部屋を出ました。
The store was crowded after school.
放課後、その店は混雑していました。
crowded の類義語・関連語
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crowded の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 crūdan（押す、押し寄せる）が語源。群衆を意味する crowd に形容詞化の -ed が付いた形。人々が「押し合う」状態から「混雑した」の意味に。関連語: crowd（群衆）、overcrowded（過密の）。押し込まれるイメージが混雑感を表す。
Crowded is formed from crowd plus the ending -ed. Crowd is historically related to an Old English verb meaning “to press” or “to push,” which suits the image of people pressed together in a limited space. The regular -ed form developed both verbal uses, as in people crowded the entrance, and the familiar adjectival use describing a place that has little free space.
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