saddled
鞍付き
解説 Definition
saddled は saddle（馬などに鞍を付ける）の過去形・過去分詞です。馬が鞍を付けられた状態や、誰かが馬に鞍を付けたことを表します。
Saddled is the past tense and past participle of saddle. In its literal sense, it means put a saddle on a horse or another riding animal, or describes an animal that has already been fitted with a saddle.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
saddled は saddle「馬などに鞍を付ける」の過去形・過去分詞です。語末の黙字 e を残したまま -d を加え、発音は /ˈsædəld/ です。saddled the horse なら動作、a saddled horse なら「鞍を付けた状態」。stable、ride、horse と一緒に場面で覚えましょう。
Connect saddled directly to the base verb saddle, meaning “put a saddle on a riding animal.” Since saddle already ends in silent e, only -d is added in spelling; the result is pronounced /ˈsædəld/. Use sentence position to recognize its role: “He saddled the horse” reports the completed action, while “a saddled horse” describes an animal already equipped for riding. Picture a stable worker preparing a horse before a morning ride. The cluster saddle–horse–stable–ride anchors the literal meaning used here.
例文
The saddled horse waited beside the fence.
鞍を付けた馬が柵のそばで待っていました。
He saddled the horse before the morning ride.
彼は朝の乗馬の前に馬に鞍を付けました。
Two saddled horses were ready near the stable.
鞍を付けた2頭の馬が厩舎の近くで準備できていました。
saddled の類義語・関連語
saddled の語源・成り立ち Etymology
saddled は saddle の過去分詞で、語源は古英語 sadol「馬の鞍」、さらにゲルマン系の語にさかのぼります。馬に鞍を載せる具体動作から「負わせる・背負わせる」の比喩も生まれ、saddlery や saddlebag に同じ語根が見えます。
Saddled is the past-tense and past-participle form of saddle. The noun saddle comes from Old English sadol, related to other Germanic words for a rider’s seat. English later used the noun as a verb meaning “to put a saddle on.” Because the base form ends in silent e, its inflected form is spelled by adding -d rather than another full -ed syllable in writing.
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