粉末状の
解説 Definition
powdered は powder（粉にする）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞として「粉末状の」という意味です。砂糖、牛乳、薬品など、細かい粉になっているものを表すときに使います。
Powdered describes a substance that has been made into, or is supplied in, the form of fine dry particles. It commonly modifies foods, medicines, chemicals, and other materials such as milk, sugar, or detergent.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
powder に -ed を付けた過去分詞から生じた形容詞で、「粉にされた結果、粉末状になった」と捉えます。powder は粉そのもの、powdered は物の状態を説明する語です。powdered milk、powdered sugar、powdered medicine など、細かな粒になって保存・計量・散布しやすい食品や薬品と組み合わせて覚えます。
Connect powdered with the noun powder, a mass of very small, dry particles. Adding -ed presents something as having been turned into that form: powdered milk is milk processed into powder, and powdered sugar is sugar ground extremely fine. Think of products that can be scooped, sprinkled, dissolved, or stored while dry. Common combinations include powdered milk, powdered sugar, and powdered medicine. Powdered describes the resulting form of the material; powdery often means merely covered with powder or naturally resembling powder, so the two adjectives are related but not always interchangeable.
例文
Add two spoons of powdered milk.
粉ミルクをスプーン2杯加えてください。
The cake is covered with powdered sugar.
そのケーキには粉砂糖がかかっています。
Store the powdered medicine in a dry place.
粉末状の薬は乾いた場所に保管してください。
powdered の類義語・関連語
powdered の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 poudre（粉）からで、さらにラテン語 pulvis（塵、粉）に遡る。pulver-ize（粉砕する）やpulverulent（粉状の）も同根。「塵のように細かくした状態」が原義で、粉末にされたものを表す形容詞となった。
Powdered is formed from powder and the suffix -ed, indicating that something has been reduced to or prepared as powder. Powder entered English through Old French poudre, from Latin pulvis, meaning “dust” or “powder.” Related formations based on the Latin stem pulver- include pulverize, “reduce to fine particles.” The adjective therefore preserves the basic image of a substance made as fine and dustlike as powder.
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