傾斜した
解説 Definition
sloped は slope（傾斜する、傾ける）の過去形・過去分詞で、傾斜したという意味です。屋根、道、地面などが水平ではなく斜めになっている様子を表します。
Sloped is the past form and past participle of slope and, as an adjective, means set or formed at an angle rather than level or vertical. It commonly describes roofs, paths, ground, or other surfaces that rise or fall gradually.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
slope「傾斜する・傾ける」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、発音は /sloʊpt/ と無声音 /t/ で終わります。a sloped roof、sloped land のように、水平面が一方向へ上がるか下がる状態を表します。sloping は傾斜が続く印象、sloped はでき上がった形状に焦点があります。
Start with slope, a surface or movement that rises or falls at an angle. Adding -ed gives the past tense and past participle, and the ending is pronounced /t/: /sloʊpt/. In adjective use, sloped focuses on the resulting shape, as in a sloped roof, a sloped path, or sloped land. Picture rain or snow sliding down a roof that is not flat. Compare sloping, which can emphasize the visible or continuing direction of the incline, while sloped commonly presents the angled surface as an established feature.
例文
The house has a sloped roof for heavy snow.
その家には大雪に備えた傾斜した屋根があります。
We walked down a sloped path to the river.
私たちは川へ向かって傾斜した小道を下りました。
The garden is built on sloped land, so water drains quickly.
その庭は傾斜した土地に作られているので、水はけがよいです。
sloped の類義語・関連語
sloped の語源・成り立ち Etymology
sloped は slope「傾く」に -ed が付いた形で、「傾いた状態の」を表す語です。slope は中英語 slopen にさかのぼり、ゲルマン系の「滑る・斜めに動く」感覚をもつ語群と結びつけられ、面がすっと下がる様子がそのまま意味になっています。関連語は slope, sloping。
Sloped is formed regularly from slope plus -ed and functions as both a past form and an adjective. Slope is recorded from Middle English and belongs to a Germanic group of words associated with slipping, leaning, or moving obliquely, although its deeper history is not entirely certain. The adjective preserves the concrete spatial idea: a surface has been made or naturally formed so that one side is higher than another.
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