紡がれた
解説 Definition
spun は spin（紡ぐ、回す）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては、繊維をより合わせて糸などにした「紡いだ、紡がれた」という状態を表します。
Made by twisting and drawing out fibers to form thread or yarn. As an adjective, spun describes material that has undergone this process, and the same form also serves as the past tense and past participle of spin.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
spun は spin「回す・紡ぐ」の不規則な過去形・過去分詞で、ここでは過去分詞が形容詞化し「繊維をより合わせて紡いだ」を表します。spin–spun–spun とまとめ、spun yarn「紡いだ糸」の場面で覚えましょう。母音は spin の /ɪ/ から spun の /ʌ/ に変わり、規則形の spinned にはしません。
Link spun directly to the irregular verb pattern spin–spun–spun. In the fiber-related sense, spinning means twisting and drawing fibers into thread, so spun yarn is yarn that has already been made in this way. Notice both the spelling change and the vowel change: spin has /ɪ/, while spun has /ʌ/. Do not form the past tense as spinned. Although spun can function as a verb in “she spun the wool,” it acts as an adjective before a noun in combinations such as spun silk, spun yarn, or finely spun thread.
例文
This scarf is made from finely spun wool.
このスカーフは細く紡いだ羊毛でできています。
They sell hand-spun yarn at the market.
その市場では手紡ぎの糸を売っています。
The fibers are spun into a strong thread.
その繊維は紡がれて丈夫な糸になります。
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spun の語源・成り立ち Etymology
spun は spin の過去分詞が形容詞化した形です。spin は古英語 spinnan、さらにゲルマン祖語 *spinnaną にさかのぼり、「繊維をねじって引きのばす」が核なので、spun は文字どおり「よりをかけて紡いだ」という意味になります。関連語は spindle, spinster。
Spun is the inherited past-tense and past-participle form of spin. Spin comes from Old English spinnan, “to draw out and twist fibers,” and is related to similar Germanic verbs. Its oldest central meaning concerns producing thread, although the verb later developed broader senses involving rapid turning. When the participle spun is used adjectivally, it retains the original textile sense: fibers have been twisted and drawn together into yarn or thread.
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