立ち聞きした
解説 Definition
「overheard」は、意図せずに他人の会話を耳にしてしまった状態を表す形容詞または動詞の過去形です。立ち聞きや盗み聞きによって得た情報を指します。意図的ではなく偶然に他人の話を聞いてしまった場合に使われます。
Heard without being directly addressed or usually without intending to listen, especially when describing a private conversation, remark, or piece of information. It is also the past-tense and past-participle form of overhear.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overheard は原形 overhear の過去形・過去分詞で、hear の不規則変化 hear–heard に合わせて over + heard となる。発音は /ˌoʊvərˈhɜːrd/。an overheard conversation のような形容詞用法では「偶然耳に入った会話」を表す。listen は意識して聞くが、overhear は近くの話が意図せず聞こえる点が核。
Overheard is the past tense and past participle of overhear. Because hear changes irregularly to heard, overhear changes to overheard, not “overheared.” Pronounce it /ˌoʊvərˈhɜːrd/. Picture words from a nearby conversation reaching you even though they were not meant for you. In an overheard conversation, overheard works adjectivally and describes how the words became known. Contrast overhear with listen: listening is normally deliberate, while overhearing is often accidental, as in accidentally overheard a secret.
例文
She overheard the conversation between her colleagues in the hallway.
彼女は廊下で同僚たちの会話を立ち聞きした。
The overheard gossip spread quickly throughout the office.
立ち聞きしたうわさ話はすぐにオフィス中に広まった。
He felt guilty about the secret he had accidentally overheard.
彼は偶然立ち聞きしてしまった秘密について罪悪感を覚えた。
overheard の類義語・関連語
overheard の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overheard は overhear の過去分詞で、over- + hear からできた古い英語の語形です。もとは「境界を越えて耳に入る」感じで、意図せず聞いてしまうことを表します。だから「立ち聞きした」となり、関連語には hear, hearing があります。
Overheard is the past-tense and past-participle form of overhear, built from over and hear. Overhear has been used since Old English, originally carrying the idea of hearing something beyond or in addition to what is directly addressed to a person. Its modern central sense is to hear another person’s speech unintentionally or without being noticed. The form follows the inherited irregular pattern hear–heard, so the compound becomes overhear–overheard.
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