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解説 Definition
necked は「首や首状の部分がある」を表す形容詞です。主に複合語で使われ、前に付く語がその首の形や長さを示します。
Necked is an adjective meaning having a neck, or having a neck of a specified shape or length. It is used mainly in compounds such as narrow-necked, long-necked, and short-necked to describe containers, animals, or similar objects.
使い方 Usage
- narrow-necked bottle「首の細い瓶」、long-necked container「首の長い容器」のように、首の特徴を表す語と組み合わせます。 Combine it with a word describing the neck, as in narrow-necked bottle or long-necked container.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
neck「首・首状の部分」に「〜を備えた」を表す -ed が付いた形です。瓶の胴から細く伸びる部分を首に見立てましょう。発音は /nekt/ です。
Connect necked with neck plus -ed, meaning having or provided with. Picture the narrow upper part of a bottle as its neck. Pronounce necked /nekt/, adding /t/ after /k/.
例文
The narrow-necked bottle was hard to clean.
その首の細い瓶は洗いにくかったです。
They stored the oil in a long-necked glass container.
彼らは首の長いガラス容器に油を保存しました。
necked の類義語・関連語
necked の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語のhnecca(くびれ・首筋)を語源とし、名詞neckに接尾辞-edが付いた形容詞です。動物の首が細くなる形状から、瓶や衣服が「くびれる」意味に転じました。同じ語根を持つ関連語にはneckline(襟ぐり)やnecklace(ネックレス)があります。
Necked is built from neck and the adjectival suffix -ed, which can mean “having” or “provided with.” Neck descends from Old English hnecca, referring to the neck or nape. English extended the body-part term to narrow connecting or projecting parts of objects, especially bottles and similar containers. Necked consequently developed as a descriptive form, most often used in compounds specifying the neck’s length, width, or shape.
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