scuffed
擦れた
解説 Definition
scuffed は scuff（こすって傷つける、擦れる）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞的に「擦れた、擦り傷のある」という意味です。靴、床、バッグなどの表面に軽い傷や汚れがある状態を表します。
Scuffed describes a surface that has acquired light marks, scratches, or worn patches through rubbing, scraping, or repeated contact. It is often used of shoes, floors, furniture, luggage, and similar objects.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
scuffed は scuff「表面をこすって傷つける」の過去形・過去分詞で、-ed は /t/ と発音します。deeply scratched「深く引っかかれた」ほど重大ではなく、靴、床、家具、バッグの表面に摩擦で薄い傷や汚れが付いた状態です。足を引きずって靴や床をこする典型場面と結びつけます。
Scuffed is the past participle and adjective from scuff, “to mark or damage a surface by rubbing or scraping it.” Because scuff ends in the voiceless sound /f/, the -ed ending is pronounced /t/. Picture shoes whose toes have rubbed against pavement, a suitcase marked during travel, or a table corner worn by repeated contact. A scuff is usually shallow and superficial, so scuffed often suggests lighter damage than deeply scratched, gouged, or broken. Common combinations include scuffed shoes, a scuffed floor, and scuffed leather.
例文
His scuffed shoes showed that he had walked a long way.
擦れた靴を見ると、彼が長い距離を歩いてきたことがわかりました。
The table had a scuffed corner but was still strong.
そのテーブルは角が擦れていましたが、まだ頑丈でした。
She cleaned the scuffed suitcase before the trip.
彼女は旅行の前に、擦り傷のあるスーツケースをきれいにしました。
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scuffed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
scuffed は scuff「こすって傷つける」の過去分詞形です。scuff はスコットランド系英語から広まり、古ノルド語 skufa「押す・こする」に結びつけられる一方、語源未詳ともされます。足を引きずって表面をこする感覚から「擦れた」の意味になり、関連語は scuff, scuffle。
Scuffed is formed from scuff plus the past-participial suffix -ed. Scuff appeared in Scots and English with senses involving scraping, shuffling, or grazing a surface. It has sometimes been connected with Old Norse skūfa, “to shove,” but its precise history is uncertain. The modern verb centers on rubbing or scraping something enough to leave a superficial mark, and the adjective describes the resulting worn or marked condition.
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