melted
溶けた
解説 Definition
melted は melt（溶ける、溶かす）の過去形・過去分詞です。氷、雪、チョコレートなどが熱で液体になった状態や、溶けたことを表します。
Melted is the past tense and past participle of melt. It indicates that a solid substance became liquid through heat, or that someone caused it to do so; as a participle, it can describe the resulting liquid or softened state.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
melted は原形 melt「溶ける、溶かす」に規則的に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語末の発音は /ɪd/ です。ice melted なら「氷が溶けた」、melted butter なら「溶けたバター」。固体が熱で液体へ変わる映像と、melted ice・butter・chocolate などの典型例を結び付けて覚えましょう。
Start with melt, the verb for a solid becoming liquid or being made liquid by heat. Because it is regular, add -ed to form melted; the ending is pronounced /ɪd/ because melt ends in /t/. Picture ice disappearing into water in sunlight, chocolate becoming soft in a warm room, or melted butter ready for cooking. Notice the two useful patterns: “the ice melted” describes the completed change, while “melted butter” describes the substance after that change. This contrast fixes both its verb and participial uses in memory.
例文
The ice melted in the sun.
氷は日なたで溶けました。
The melted butter smelled good.
溶けたバターはよい香りがしました。
Her chocolate melted in the warm room.
彼女のチョコレートは暖かい部屋で溶けました。
melted の類義語・関連語
melted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 meltan（溶ける）に由来し、印欧祖語 *meld-（柔らかい、溶ける）が語源。固体が熱で液体になる様子を表す。関連語: malt（麦芽＝穀物を水で柔らかくしたもの）、smelt（金属を溶かして精錬する）。物質の状態変化を表す基本語。
Melted is the regular past and past-participle form of melt, created by adding -ed. Melt comes from Old English meltan, a Germanic verb meaning to become liquid or dissolve through heat. It has long been used both intransitively, for a substance changing state, and transitively, for causing that change. Words such as smelt, referring to extracting metal by heating, are historically related within this Germanic group.
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