scattered
散らばった
解説 Definition
scattered は scatter（散らす、散らばる）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞的に、物や人があちこちに散らばっている状態を表します。
Scattered is the past tense and past participle of scatter, describing people or things that moved, were thrown, or were distributed in different directions or locations. Used adjectivally, it means spread irregularly over an area rather than gathered together in one place.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
scattered は scatter「散らす・散らばる」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、-ed は /d/ と発音します。中心に集まらず広い範囲へばらける像を持ち、books scattered on the floor、houses scattered across the hill のように、場所を示す語とセットで覚えます。
Start with scatter, “to spread in different directions,” and add -ed to form scattered; the ending is pronounced /d/. Imagine papers caught by the wind or houses placed far apart across a hill. This gives the central picture: separate items no longer form one compact group. Learn it with location patterns such as scattered on the floor, scattered across the hill, and scattered throughout the region. The word can be a past-tense verb, a past participle, or an adjective describing the resulting spread-out state.
例文
Books were scattered on the floor.
本が床に散らばっていました。
The papers scattered in the wind.
書類が風で散らばりました。
Small houses were scattered across the hill.
小さな家々が丘のあちこちに散らばっていました。
scattered の類義語・関連語
scattered の語源・成り立ち Etymology
scatter は中英語 scatteren で、古ノルド語系の「投げ散らす」語の影響を受けたゲルマン系の語です。「中心から外へ飛び散る」イメージがそのまま scattered「散在した、ばらけた」につながります。関連語は scattering, scatterbrain です。
Scattered is the past-tense and past-participial form of scatter. Scatter is recorded in Middle English as scateren and is a Germanic word, probably shaped by contact with related Scandinavian forms carrying the idea of dispersing or throwing things about. Its deeper origin is not fully certain. The modern form preserves the basic physical image of objects moving outward and becoming separated. The regular suffix -ed marks the past form or resulting state.
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