pressed
押された
解説 Definition
pressed は press（押す）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては「押された」という意味で、ボタンや物が押し込まれた状態を表します。
Having been pushed inward, downward, or against something by physical pressure. It commonly describes a button, key, handle, or similar control that is in the state produced by pressing.
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原形 press「押す」に -ed が付いた過去分詞で、形容詞では押す動作を受けた後の状態を表します。語末の /s/ は無声音なので -ed は /t/ と発音し、音節は増えません。pressed button、pressed key のように、押された操作部品と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Connect pressed directly with the base verb press, meaning “push.” The -ed form can describe the resulting state: a pressed button or pressed key is one that someone has pushed. Because press ends in the voiceless sound /s/, the -ed ending is pronounced /t/, without an extra syllable. Picture a control changing color or starting a machine after it is pressed. This result-focused image helps distinguish pressed from pressing, which describes something or someone currently applying pressure.
例文
The pressed button turned red.
押されたボタンは赤くなりました。
A pressed key can start the machine.
押されたキーで機械を始動できます。
The door opened when the handle was pressed.
取っ手が押されると、ドアが開きました。
pressed の類義語・関連語
pressed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pressed は press「押す」の過去分詞・形容詞で、古フランス語 presser、さらにラテン語 pressare に由来します。元の premere は「強く押す」で、押しつけられた状態がそのまま意味になります。関連語は pressure, compress。
Pressed is formed from press plus the past-participle ending -ed. Press entered English through Old French presser, from Latin pressare, an intensive form related to premere, “to press.” Its adjective use develops naturally from the participle: something pressed has received pressure. The ending is pronounced /t/ here because it follows the voiceless sound /s/. Pressure and compress belong to the same broader word family.
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