eyed
目をした
解説 Definition
eyed は eye（見る、目を向ける）に由来する形で、「〜の目をした」という意味です。ふつうは blue-eyed や bright-eyed のように、別の語と組み合わせて人や動物の目の特徴を表します。
Eyed describes a person or animal as having eyes of a stated color, appearance, or expression. It is normally used as the second element of compounds such as brown-eyed, bright-eyed, or wide-eyed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
名詞 eye「目」に「〜を持つ」を表す -ed が付いた形で、eye /aɪ/ に /d/ が加わり eyed /aɪd/ と発音します。単独より blue-eyed、bright-eyed、wide-eyed のような複合形で使われ、目の色・輝き・開き方から人や動物の特徴や様子を描く語だと覚えましょう。動詞 eye の過去形の場合も同じ綴りです。
Eyed is built from eye plus -ed, an ending that can mean “having” a particular feature. Eye /aɪ/ becomes eyed /aɪd/ with the added /d/ sound. The adjective rarely stands alone; look for it in compounds such as blue-eyed, bright-eyed, and wide-eyed. The first element tells you the color, appearance, or expression of the eyes. This body-part-plus-ed pattern also appears in words such as long-haired. Eyed can additionally be the past form of the verb eye, so context determines the use.
例文
She has a brown-eyed cat.
彼女は茶色い目をした猫を飼っています。
The child looked at me with wide-eyed wonder.
その子は目を大きく見開いて驚いたように私を見ました。
A bright-eyed student raised his hand.
目を輝かせた生徒が手を挙げました。
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eyed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 ēage（目）に形容詞化の接尾辞 -ed が付いた語。ゲルマン祖語 *augō に遡り、ラテン語 oculus（目）やギリシャ語 ops（視覚）と同根。関連語: eye, ocular。「目を持つ・目の特徴がある」という意味は、身体部位＋-ed で特徴を表す英語の典型的パターン。
Eyed combines eye with the suffix -ed, here carrying the sense “provided with” or “having.” Eye comes from Old English ēage and ultimately from a Germanic source related to words for sight in other Indo-European languages. English commonly attaches -ed to nouns denoting body parts or features, producing adjectives such as blue-eyed and long-legged. The same spelling also serves as the past tense of the verb eye.
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