ピンク色の
解説 Definition
pinker は pink（ピンク色の）の比較級で、「よりピンク色の」という意味です。二つ以上の色合いを比べて、片方がさらにピンクに近いことを表します。
The comparative form of pink, describing something that has a stronger pink color or appears closer to pink than something else or than it did previously. It may compare objects, lighting conditions, or a gradual change in color.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
形容詞 pink に比較級の -er をそのまま付けた規則的な形で、発音は pink の後に /ər/ が続きます。「よりピンク色の」で、pinker than ... や grow pinker の形が典型です。色が濃いとは限らず、比較対象よりピンクの色味が強い・ピンクに近いことを表すと覚えましょう。
Build pinker transparently from pink plus the comparative ending -er. Its pronunciation adds an “er” sound to pink. Use it when two shades are compared, as in “This flower is pinker than that one,” or when a color changes, as in “The sky grew pinker.” Remember that pinker means more noticeably or more purely pink; it does not necessarily mean darker. For longer or more technical descriptions, speakers may also say more pink, but pinker is a normal comparative form.
例文
This flower is pinker than the one in the vase.
この花は花瓶の中の花よりピンク色が濃いです。
Her new scarf is pinker in daylight.
彼女の新しいスカーフは日光の下だとよりピンク色に見えます。
The sky grew pinker as the sun went down.
日が沈むにつれて、空はいっそうピンク色になりました。
pinker の類義語・関連語
pinker の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pinker は pink＋比較級 -er。pink はもともとナデシコ類の花 pinks の色名で、語源は不確かですが、花びらをギザギザに切る pinked と結びつけて説明されます。『その花の淡い赤により近い』ので『よりピンク色の』。関連語は pinked, pinking。
Pinker is the regular comparative form of the adjective pink, created by adding -er. The color term pink became established in English in the seventeenth century and was associated with pinks, flowers of the genus Dianthus. The deeper history is uncertain; the flower name has often been connected with the verb pink, “to cut a scalloped or perforated edge,” possibly referring to the petals’ appearance.
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