curved
曲がった
解説 Definition
curved は curve（曲がる、曲げる）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞として「曲がった」という意味です。まっすぐではなく、ゆるく弧を描いた形や線を表すときによく使います。
Having a shape that bends smoothly rather than continuing in a straight line. It commonly describes roads, lines, edges, and parts of objects that form an arc.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 curve「曲がる・曲げる」に過去分詞語尾 -ed が付いた形です。語末の /v/ は有声音なので -ed は /d/ と発音します。「弧を描いた」という形容詞用法では、a curved line、a curved back、a curved road のまとまりで、straight「まっすぐな」と対比して覚えます。
Connect curved directly with the verb curve, meaning “to bend or form an arc.” It is the past participle, made by adding -ed; because curve ends in the voiced sound /v/, the ending is pronounced /d/. As an adjective, curved often appears before nouns in combinations such as a curved line, a curved road, or a curved back. Picture a line changing gradually from straight to arc-shaped, and contrast curved with straight rather than with sharply bent.
例文
The road is curved near the river.
その道は川の近くで曲がっています。
She drew a curved line on the paper.
彼女は紙に曲線を描きました。
The chair has a curved back.
その椅子には曲がった背もたれがあります。
curved の類義語・関連語
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curved の語源・成り立ち Etymology
curved は curve に過去分詞語尾 -ed が付いた語で、curve は古フランス語を経てラテン語 curvus「曲がった」にさかのぼります。語根 curv- に「曲げる」感覚があるので、形から意味がすっと読めます。関連語は curvy と curvature です。
Curved is formed from curve plus the past-participle suffix -ed. Curve entered English through French and ultimately comes from Latin curvus, meaning “bent” or “crooked.” The root curv- also appears in curvature and curvy. Its history therefore closely matches its modern use for a line, surface, or object that bends away from a straight course.
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