inundated
浸水した
解説 Definition
inundated は inundate（浸水させる、押し寄せる）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞としては浸水したという意味です。洪水や大雨で場所が水に覆われた状態を表すときによく使われます。
Inundated describes land, streets, buildings, or other places that have been flooded or covered with an excessive amount of water. It is the past participle of inundate used adjectivally, often after be or remain.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
inundated は inundate「水浸しにする」の過去形・過去分詞で、語末の e を落として -ed を付け、末尾は /ɪd/ と発音します。in-「中へ」＋ unda「波」の成り立ちから、水が街へ押し寄せて streets were inundated「通りが浸水した」場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Link inundated with waves or floodwater rushing into a place. The historical elements in- and unda suggest water moving inward, which fits sentences such as the streets were inundated after heavy rain. It is the past participle of inundate: the final e is dropped before -ed, and the ending is pronounced /ɪd/ because the base ends in a /t/ sound. For this entry, focus on the literal flooded sense—houses, roads, and low-lying land covered by water—rather than the figurative sense of receiving too many requests or messages.
例文
The streets were inundated after the heavy rain.
大雨の後、通りは浸水しました。
Several houses near the river were inundated overnight.
川の近くの数軒の家が一晩で浸水しました。
The lower part of the town remained inundated for two days.
町の低い地域は二日間浸水したままでした。
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inundated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語のin（中へ）＋unda（波）に由来し、「波がなだれ込む」が原義です。接尾辞を加えて形容詞化され、水害から転じて「大量の情報や依頼に圧倒された」という意味で使われるのが納得できます。同じ波の語根にはabundant（豊富な）やundulate（波打つ）があります。
Inundated is the past participle of inundate, a verb derived from Latin inundare, meaning to overflow or flood. That Latin formation combines in-, conveying movement upon or into, with unda, meaning “wave.” The word entered English with the physical sense of covering land with floodwater. Its participial form can serve as an adjective for a flooded place and has also developed a figurative sense of being overwhelmed.
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