suffused
満たされた
解説 Definition
suffused は、色・光・感情などで満たされた、全体に広がったという意味です。suffuse（行き渡らせる、満たす）の過去形・過去分詞で、何かが表面や雰囲気にじわっと広がる様子を表します。
Gradually filled, spread through, or colored by light, color, emotion, or another pervasive quality. It is commonly used in the pattern be suffused with to describe something whose whole appearance or atmosphere is gently permeated by that quality.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 suffuse「色・光・感情などを全体へじわりと広げる」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞です。suffuse /səˈfjuːz/ の語末 /z/ に続く -ed は /d/ となり、suffused /səˈfjuːzd/。be suffused with light/color/warmth の型で、内側から一面に満ちる像を覚えます。
Begin with suffuse, meaning to spread gradually through or over something, especially as light, color, warmth, or emotion. Suffused is the past form and past participle, frequently used as an adjective. Suffuse ends in the voiced /z/ sound, so -ed is pronounced /d/: /səˈfjuːzd/. Learn the pattern be suffused with, as in a room suffused with warm light or a face suffused with color. Unlike simply filled, suffused often suggests a gentle, pervasive quality spreading across an appearance, space, or atmosphere.
例文
The room was suffused with warm afternoon light.
部屋は午後の暖かな光で満たされていました。
Her face was suffused with color after the speech.
スピーチのあと、彼女の顔は赤みを帯びていました。
The old hall was suffused with a quiet sense of history.
その古いホールは、静かな歴史の気配に満たされていました。
suffused の類義語・関連語
suffused の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 suffundere（sub-「下から」+ fundere「注ぐ」）が語源。「下から注ぎ込んで満たす」が原義で、光や色が全体に広がる様子を表す。同じ語根を持つ diffuse（拡散する）や infuse（注入する）と関連する。
Suffused is formed from suffuse and the past-participle ending -ed. Suffuse entered English from Latin suffundere, composed of sub-, “under or from below,” and fundere, “to pour.” The underlying image is of liquid being poured beneath or through something until it spreads over it. In English, this developed into the often figurative idea of light, color, warmth, or feeling gradually permeating an entire surface, person, or atmosphere.
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