recessed
凹んだ
解説 Definition
recessed は recess（凹ませる、奥まった所に置く）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞的に、壁や天井などの表面から奥に引っ込んでいる状態を表すときによく使われます。
The past tense and past participle of recess, often used adjectivally to describe an object, fitting, or area that has been set back within a surrounding surface instead of projecting outward.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 recess「奥へ引っ込める」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語末 /s/ の後なので -ed は /t/ と発音し、recessed /rɪˈsest/ となります。re-「後ろへ」＋「進む」に由来するため、表面から奥へ退いた像を持ちましょう。recessed lighting「埋め込み照明」、recessed shelf「奥まった棚」が定番です。
Recessed is recess plus -ed. Since recess ends in the voiceless sound /s/, the ending is pronounced /t/, giving /rɪˈsest/, not an extra syllable. Connect the word with recede, “move back”: a recessed object appears to have moved back into a wall, ceiling, or panel. Common combinations are recessed lighting, a recessed shelf, and a recessed handle. This differs from hidden, because a recessed object may remain fully visible; its position is simply set farther back than the surrounding surface.
例文
The room has recessed lights above the table.
その部屋にはテーブルの上に埋め込み式の照明があります。
A recessed shelf saved space in the narrow hallway.
奥まった棚のおかげで、狭い廊下のスペースを節約できました。
The handle was recessed so it would not catch on clothing.
その取っ手は服に引っかからないように凹んだ形になっていました。
recessed の類義語・関連語
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recessed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
recessed は recess の過去分詞・形容詞形で、ラテン語 recedere「後ろへ下がる」に由来します。re-「後ろへ」+ cedere「行く」からできており、recede、recession と同根です。つまり“奥へ退いた状態”がそのまま「凹んだ・引っ込んだ」という意味です。
Recessed is the past and past-participial form of recess. Recess ultimately comes from Latin recessus, “a retreat or withdrawal,” from recedere, “to go back,” combining re-, “back,” with cedere, “to go or yield.” Recede and recession share this history. English developed the verb sense of setting something back within a surface. Adding -ed produces recessed, literally suggesting something placed in a withdrawn or set-back position; the suffix is pronounced /t/ after /s/.
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