後退した
解説 Definition
receded は recede（後退する、引く）の過去形・過去分詞です。水位が下がる、生え際が後退する、物や音が遠ざかる、痛みなどが弱まることを表します。
Receded is the past tense and past participle of recede. It describes water, an object, a hairline, a sound, pain, or another condition that moved farther away, became lower, or gradually diminished.
使い方 Usage
- 水・景色・痛みなどを主語にします。水なら「引いた」、景色なら「遠ざかった」、痛みなら「和らいだ」と訳し分けます。 Use water, scenery, or pain as the subject. Floodwater receded means the water went down; an island receded means it appeared farther away; pain receded means it became weaker.
- receded from view は「視界から遠ざかった」という表現です。 Receded from view describes something appearing farther away and becoming less visible.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
「後ろへ退く」という共通のイメージで覚えます。recede は無音の e で終わるため綴りには -d を加えますが、発音は /rɪˈsiːdɪd/ となり一音節増えます。
Remember the shared image of moving back. Add only -d to recede because it ends in silent e, but pronounce an extra syllable: /rɪˈsiːd/ becomes /rɪˈsiːdɪd/.
例文
The floodwater receded after two days of clear weather.
晴天が二日続いた後、洪水の水は引きました。
As the boat moved away, the island slowly receded from view.
船が離れるにつれて、その島はゆっくり視界から遠ざかりました。
His headache receded once he rested in a quiet room.
静かな部屋で休むと、彼の頭痛は和らぎました。
receded の類義語・関連語
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receded の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 recedere（re- 後ろへ + cedere 行く）に由来。「後ろに退く」が原義で、水位の低下や記憶が薄れる意にも使う。cedere を共有する関連語：precede（先行する）、proceed（進む）。
Receded is the inflected form of recede, which entered English from Latin recedere. That verb combines re-, “back or away,” with cedere, “to go, move, or yield.” Its literal idea is therefore movement backward or away. English extended this physical meaning to decreases and fading effects, allowing water levels, hairlines, sounds, memories, and pain to be described as receding.
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