slotted
スロット付き
解説 Definition
slotted は slot（溝を付ける、差し込む）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞として、溝や細長い穴が付いたものを表すときによく使われます。
Slotted is the past tense and past participle of slot, meaning placed into a designated position or provided with a narrow opening. As an adjective, it describes an object made with one or more slots, such as a slotted spoon, shelf, or screw.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 slot「溝を付ける・差し込む」の末尾 t を重ねて -ed を付け、slot → slotted となります。語末が /t/ なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音します。例文では過去分詞由来の形容詞で、slotted spoon「穴あきスプーン」、slotted screw「一本溝のねじ」のように、細長い穴や溝が設けられた状態を表します。
Start with slot, a narrow opening or designated position. Because slot is a short word ending in one vowel plus t, double the t before adding -ed: slot becomes slotted. Since the base ends in /t/, the ending is pronounced /ɪd/, giving roughly “SLOT-id.” In the examples, slotted behaves as a participial adjective meaning made with slots or grooves. Picture a slotted spoon draining water through its openings, or a slotted screw with a straight groove for a flat screwdriver. These common objects make the physical meaning easy to retain.
例文
Use a slotted spoon to lift the vegetables from the water.
穴あきスプーンを使って野菜を水から取り出してください。
The old cabinet had slotted metal shelves.
その古い戸棚にはスロット付きの金属棚がありました。
A slotted screw needs a flat screwdriver.
溝付きねじにはマイナスドライバーが必要です。
slotted の類義語・関連語
slotted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
slotted は slot「細長い切れ目・溝」+ -ed「…が付いた」。slot は中英語から見られ、語源は確定しないが古フランス語系とされ、関連語に slotting, timeslot がある。つまり「溝を入れた・差し込み口のある」という感覚。
Slotted is formed from slot with the past-tense and participial ending -ed; the final t is doubled according to the regular spelling rule. Slot has been used in English for a narrow opening, groove, or assigned position, but its earlier origin is not firmly established. From the noun developed the verb meaning to cut a slot in something or place something into a slot, producing the past and participial form slotted.
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