distorted
歪んだ
解説 Definition
distorted は distort（歪める、ゆがませる）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては、形・音・情報などが本来の状態から「歪んだ」「ゆがめられた」ことを表します。
Changed from an original, natural, or accurate form so that its shape, sound, appearance, or meaning is twisted, unclear, or misleading. It can describe both physical deformation and inaccurate representations of facts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
distort「歪める」に -ed を付けた形で、語末 /t/ の後の -ed は /ɪd/ と発音され、distorted /dɪˈstɔːrtɪd/ となります。torque「ねじる力」と同じ「ねじる」感覚を手掛かりに、本来の形から外れた distorted image、音が崩れた distorted sound、事実を偏らせた distorted view をまとめて覚えます。
Connect distorted with the verb distort, “to twist something away from its proper form.” The -ed ending follows a final /t/ sound, so it is pronounced /ɪd/ as an extra syllable: /dɪˈstɔːrtɪd/. The historical root is also found in torque and contort, both of which suggest twisting. Picture a curved mirror producing a distorted image, a poor speaker producing distorted sound, or a biased report presenting a distorted view. The same core image applies physically and figuratively: the result no longer preserves the original form or truth accurately.
例文
The mirror gave a distorted image of my face.
その鏡には私の顔が歪んで映りました。
The speaker made a distorted sound during the call.
通話中にスピーカーから歪んだ音がしました。
The report gave a distorted view of what actually happened.
その報告は実際に起きたことを歪んで伝えていました。
distorted の類義語・関連語
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distorted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
distorted は distort + -ed で、distort はラテン語 distortus「ねじ曲げられた」に由来します。さらに dis-「離れて」+ torquere「ねじる」に分かれ、もとは「まっすぐな形からねじれて外れる」感覚です。関連語は torque、contort です。
Distorted is formed from distort and the participial suffix -ed. Distort comes from Latin distortus, the past participle of distorquēre, “to twist apart or deform.” That verb combines dis-, conveying separation or movement apart, with torquēre, “to twist.” Related words such as torque and contort preserve the same twisting root. English extended the physical sense of altered shape to sounds, images, statements, and interpretations that misrepresent reality.
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