subsided
沈静化した
解説 Definition
subsided は subside（静まる、弱まる）の過去形・過去分詞です。騒ぎ、痛み、風雨、感情などが以前より落ち着いたことを表します。
The past-tense and past-participle form of subside, meaning that something such as noise, pain, anxiety, severe weather, or floodwater became less intense, quieter, or lower after previously being stronger or higher.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 subside「静まる、低下する」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞。原形末尾が /d/ なので -ed は /ɪd/ と発音し、subsided は四音節になる。sub-「下へ」と「座る」に由来する成分から、荒れていた波、不安、騒音、水位などが下がって落ち着いた場面を連想し、gradually subsided と覚える。
Treat subsided as the regular past form of subside. Because the base ends in the /d/ sound, the -ed ending is pronounced /ɪd/, giving the word four syllables. Its historical parts evoke the image of something settling downward, so picture floodwater dropping, a storm weakening, noise fading after midnight, or anxiety gradually becoming calmer. This image helps distinguish subsided from stopped, which may suggest a complete and abrupt end. Useful combinations include “the noise subsided,” “her anxiety gradually subsided,” and “the water had subsided.”
例文
The noise subsided after midnight.
その騒音は真夜中を過ぎると静まりました。
Her anxiety gradually subsided during the meeting.
会議の間に、彼女の不安は次第に和らぎました。
The floodwater subsided enough for residents to return home.
洪水の水位が十分に下がり、住民は帰宅できるようになりました。
subsided の類義語・関連語
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subsided の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語のsubsīdere（sub-「下へ」＋sedēre「座る」）に由来します。水位が下がって落ち着く様子から、騒音や感情などが「沈静化する」意味に転じました。同語根のresidentやsessionも「座って定着する」イメージを共有します。
Subside came through French from Latin subsidere, formed from sub-, meaning “under” or “down,” and sidere, meaning “to sit” or “settle,” a form related to sedere. The physical idea was of sinking or settling down. English extended it naturally to water levels, storms, sounds, pain, and emotions becoming lower or less intense. Subsided is the regular past and past-participle form, with -ed pronounced /ɪd/.
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