fretted
傷ついた
解説 Definition
fretted は fret（こすれてすり減る、傷む）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞として、表面や端がこすれたり傷んだりした状態を表します。
Worn, marked, or damaged through rubbing or gradual surface erosion. In this physical sense, it describes an edge, corner, frame, or surface that has been abraded over time.
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原形 fret に -ed を付ける際、短母音＋子音字 t で終わるため t を重ねて fretted となり、語尾は /ɪd/ と発音します。ここでは「心配した」ではなく、古い棚の角や木の表面が長くこすられ、削れて傷んだ状態です。worn や damaged に近い物理的な場面に限定して覚えましょう。
Begin with the verb fret in its physical sense, “to wear or rub away.” Because fret ends in a short vowel followed by a single consonant, the t is doubled before -ed, producing fretted; the ending is pronounced /ɪd/. Picture an old wooden corner repeatedly rubbed until its surface is marked and worn. In this entry, fretted does not mean “worried” and does not refer to the raised strips on a guitar. Keep it tied to physical contexts such as a fretted surface, corner, edge, or frame.
例文
The old shelf had a fretted corner.
古い棚には傷ついた角がありました。
She noticed the fretted surface of the wooden desk.
彼女は木製の机の傷ついた表面に気づきました。
The museum repaired the fretted frame before displaying the painting.
美術館は絵を展示する前に、傷ついた額縁を修復しました。
fretted の類義語・関連語
fretted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 fretan「むさぼり食う」にさかのぼり、ゲルマン祖語 *fra-etan（食い尽くす）に由来します。そこから「こすれて削れる・心をむしばむ」の感覚が生まれ、fretted は「擦れて傷ついた」に。関連語は fretful, eat。
Fretted is the past form and past participle of fret. In its older physical sense, fret goes back to Old English fretan, “to devour,” a Germanic formation associated with eating up or consuming. That image developed into the idea of wearing, gnawing, or rubbing something away and also into the figurative sense of being consumed by worry. Here, fretted preserves the physical branch of the meaning: a surface or edge has been gradually damaged or worn.
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