pierced
穴を開けた
解説 Definition
「pierced」は、鋭いもので突き通された状態や、ピアスの穴が開けられた状態を表す形容詞です。ボディピアスの文脈では、耳や鼻などに穴を開けてアクセサリーをつけている状態を指します。また、「pierce（突き刺す）」の過去形・過去分詞としても使われます。
Having a hole made through it with a sharp object, especially for wearing jewelry in an ear, nose, eyebrow, or another body part. Pierced is also the past-tense and past-participle form of the verb pierce.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pierce「鋭い物で突き通す」の過去形・過去分詞で、語末が e なので単に -d を付けた形です。形容詞では pierced ears「穴を開けた耳」、newly pierced eyebrow「新しく穴を開けた眉」のように使います。piercing は「突き刺すような、鋭い」なので区別します。
Begin with pierce, “to make a hole through something with a sharp point.” Since the verb already ends in silent e, its past form is made by adding only -d: pierce becomes pierced. Picture “pierced ears” or a “newly pierced eyebrow,” where the resulting hole allows jewelry to be worn. The same form can function as a verb, as in “the arrow pierced the target.” Keep it separate from piercing: pierced describes something already penetrated, while piercing often describes an extremely sharp sound, look, or physical sensation.
例文
She had her ears pierced when she was a teenager and has worn earrings ever since.
彼女は10代の頃に耳に穴を開け、それ以来ずっとイヤリングをつけている。
The arrow pierced the wooden target at the center of the bullseye.
矢は的の中心の的の中心に突き刺さった。
He showed off his newly pierced eyebrow to his friends at school.
彼は学校で友人たちに新しく穴を開けた眉を見せびらかした。
pierced の類義語・関連語
pierced の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 percier（per-「貫いて」+ 直接ラテン語 pertundere の影響）が語源で、「突き通す」が原義。関連語：pierce（動詞形）、piercing（鋭い）。物理的に「貫通させた」状態から、比喩的に心を突き刺す意味にも広がった。
Pierced is the past and past-participle form of pierce. Pierce entered Middle English from Old French percier, meaning “to penetrate” or “make a hole through.” The French word’s deeper history is not completely certain, though its development was influenced by Latin forms associated with boring or penetrating. The spelling of pierced reflects the regular addition of -d to a verb already ending in e.
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