服を着た
解説 Definition
服を着たとは、衣類を身に着けている状態を示します。何かを着用することで、誰かの外見や個性を表現します。
Dressed means wearing clothes. It is often used to describe what kind of clothes someone is wearing or how formal they look. In phrases like "dressed in black" or "well dressed," it gives more detail about appearance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
dress はまず「服・服を着せる」を思い出し、dressed はその結果できた「着た状態」と押さえると残りやすいです。be dressed in black の形で「黒い服を着ている」のように使われ、単なる動作の wear より、服装が整って見える状態に意識が向きます。well-dressed なら「身なりがよい」、fully dressed なら「きちんと服を着た」。undressed と対比し、get dressed もセットで覚えると定着します。
Think of `dressed` as the result state after `dress`: the clothes are already on. That is why it often appears in patterns like `be dressed in black` or `get dressed`. It is useful to remember opposites and partners too, such as `well-dressed` and `undressed`.
例文
The baby is dressed.
赤ちゃんは服を着ています。
I am dressed now.
私は今、服を着ています。
The boy is dressed.
その男の子は服を着ています。
dressed の類義語・関連語
dressed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dressed は dress の過去分詞形で、dress は古フランス語 dresser、さらにラテン語 directus「まっすぐに整えた」に由来します。もとは「整える」が中心なので、「服を着た」は「身なりを整えた状態」と考えると意味がつながります。関連語は direct、address。
Dressed is the past form of dress, which comes from Old French dresser and ultimately from Latin directus, meaning "straight" or "set in order." The earlier idea was not just clothing, but arranging or preparing something properly. From "put in order," it came to mean preparing the body with clothes, giving us the sense "wearing clothes" or "properly clothed." Related words include direct and address.
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