shouldered
肩を持った
解説 Definition
shouldered は shoulder(肩に担ぐ、肩を持つ)の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞としては肩を持った、肩のあるという意味です。wide-shouldered のように、体格や形の特徴を表す語と一緒に使われることが多いです。
Shouldered describes someone or something as having shoulders of a specified shape or size, usually in compounds such as broad-shouldered or narrow-shouldered. It can also be the past participle of shoulder, meaning carried or accepted as a burden.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
shoulder「肩」に -ed を付けた形で、語尾は /d/ と発音します。形容詞では単独より broad-shouldered、narrow-shouldered、square-shouldered のような複合語で「~の肩をした」と使うのが典型です。人を支持する「肩を持つ」より、ここでは体格や服の肩の形を描く語と覚えましょう。
Start with shoulder, the body part, and add -ed, pronounced /d/. In the adjective sense shown here, shouldered usually follows a describing word: broad-shouldered, narrow-shouldered, or square-shouldered. The first element tells you what kind of shoulders the person or object has. Picture a tailor describing the build for which a jacket was made. The same spelling is also the past tense and past participle of the verb shoulder, meaning to carry something on the shoulder or accept a responsibility, but physical-description compounds provide the clearest memory pattern for this entry.
例文
The broad shouldered man carried the box easily.
肩幅の広い男性はその箱を軽々と運びました。
She drew a narrow shouldered figure in her notebook.
彼女はノートに肩の狭い人物を描きました。
The jacket was made for a square shouldered build.
その上着は角ばった肩つきの体型向けに作られていました。
shouldered の類義語・関連語
類義語
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shouldered の語源・成り立ち Etymology
shouldered は shoulder「肩」に、形容詞・過去分詞を作る -ed が付いた語です。shoulder は古英語 sculdor にさかのぼるゲルマン系の語で、もともと体の「肩」を指したため、shouldered は「肩を備えた」「肩で支えた」という意味になります。関連語に shoulder、cold-shoulder があります。
Shouldered is built from shoulder and the suffix -ed. Shoulder descends from Old English sculdor, an inherited Germanic word for the body part joining the arm to the torso. The suffix -ed can mark a completed verbal action or mean “provided with” a particular feature. Consequently, shouldered may mean carried on the shoulder, but in compounds such as broad-shouldered it describes the shape or dimensions of a person’s shoulders.
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