rimmed
縁のある
解説 Definition
rimmed は rim（縁を付ける、縁取る）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞的に、眼鏡や皿などに縁がある、または特定の色や素材で縁取られている状態を表します。
Rimmed is the past form and past participle of rim, meaning that something was given, surrounded, or bordered with a rim. It is also used adjectivally for objects whose outer edge has a particular material, color, or thickness.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
rim「縁を付ける」に -ed が付いた過去形・過去分詞で、語末の m を重ねて rimmed と綴り、発音は /rɪmd/ です。be rimmed with blue「青で縁取られている」や gold-rimmed mirror「金縁の鏡」の形で、物の外周を細い線や素材が囲む像を覚えます。
Start with rim, the outer edge of a plate, glass, wheel, or similar object. To form the past tense and past participle, the final consonant is doubled before -ed: rim becomes rimmed. The ending is pronounced /d/, so the whole word sounds like /rɪmd/. Picture a blue line surrounding a plate or a gold border around a mirror. Common patterns are be rimmed with a color or substance and compounds such as gold-rimmed, dark-rimmed, and thinly rimmed glasses. The key image is always an edge encircling an object.
例文
He wore thinly rimmed glasses.
彼は細い縁のある眼鏡をかけていました。
The plate was rimmed with blue paint.
その皿は青い塗料で縁取られていました。
A gold-rimmed mirror hung above the desk.
金色の縁がある鏡が机の上に掛かっていました。
rimmed の類義語・関連語
rimmed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語「rima」（縁、へり）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語*remō（支柱、枠）に遡る。ドイツ語Rahmen（枠）と同根。rim＋-ed（〜を持つ）の形で「縁のある」の意。関連語：brim（ふち）。縁取りの視覚イメージが語の核にある。
Rimmed is formed from rim plus the past-participial ending -ed. Because rim is a short word ending in a single consonant after a single vowel, its final m is doubled in spelling. Rim comes from Old English rima, meaning an edge or border, and is related to other Germanic words referring to a frame or boundary. The participle developed naturally into an adjective meaning “provided or bordered with a rim.”
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