dashed
破線
解説 Definition
dashed は dash（線を引く、急ぐ）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞としては「破線の」という意味です。地図、図、書類などで、点線に近い切れ切れの線を表すときによく使われます。
Describing a line, border, or outline that is made of separate short strokes with spaces between them rather than one continuous mark. It is commonly used in maps, diagrams, forms, and editing interfaces.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
dashed は dash に -ed を付けた過去分詞形で、ここでは「短い線が間隔を空けて並ぶ、破線の」という形容詞です。dash が /ʃ/ 音で終わるため -ed は /t/ と発音します。dashed line、dashed border、dashed circle の組み合わせで、連続した solid line と対比して覚えましょう。
Start with the verb dash and add -ed: dashed is its past and past-participle form, but here it functions as an adjective. Because dash ends in the voiceless sound /ʃ/, the -ed ending is pronounced /t/. Picture a dashed line as a sequence of short dashes separated by gaps. Learn it through common combinations such as dashed line, dashed border, and dashed circle. Contrast it with a solid line, which continues without spaces, and with a dotted line, which is made specifically of dots.
例文
Follow the dashed line on the map.
地図上の破線をたどってください。
The teacher drew a dashed circle around the answer.
先生は答えの周りに破線の丸を描きました。
A dashed border shows the area you can edit.
破線の枠は編集できる範囲を示しています。
dashed の類義語・関連語
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dashed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dashedはdash「勢いよく打つ・線を引く」に-edが付いた形。dashはおそらく北欧語系で、デンマーク語daske「打つ」に近いとされ、打って刻んだ短い線から『破線の』の意味になった。dashやdashingが関連語。
Dashed is formed regularly from dash plus the past-participle suffix -ed. Dash entered English with senses involving striking, rushing, or making a sudden mark and is often compared with Scandinavian words such as Danish daske, “to slap or strike,” though its earliest history is not fully certain. A dash became a short written stroke, and dashed consequently developed the descriptive sense “made with separated short strokes.”
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