揺れた
解説 Definition
swayed は sway（揺れる、揺らす）の過去形・過去分詞で、揺れたという意味です。風や動きによって物や体が左右に動いた状態を表します。
Swayed describes something that moved slowly or gently from side to side, usually because of wind, water, or another outside force. As a participial form, it may also mean that someone was influenced, but that is not the sense emphasized here.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 sway「左右に揺れる・揺らす」に規則変化の -ed が付き、語尾は /d/ と発音します。grass swayed in the wind「草が風に揺れた」や boat swayed gently「船がゆっくり揺れた」のように、中心位置の両側へ滑らかに動く情景と結び付けましょう。
Link swayed to the base verb sway, which describes a smooth side-to-side movement. It takes the regular -ed ending, pronounced /d/. Picture tall grass swayed by the wind, a hanging lamp moving after a door closes, or a boat rocking gently on water. Sway usually suggests a repeated or gradual sideways motion, while shake often implies quicker, less regular movement. Keep the physical image separate from the figurative sense “influenced or persuaded.”
例文
The tall grass swayed in the wind.
背の高い草が風で揺れました。
The lamp swayed slightly after the door closed.
ドアが閉まったあと、ランプが少し揺れました。
The boat swayed gently on the water.
船は水面でゆっくり揺れました。
swayed の類義語・関連語
swayed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古ノルド語 sveigja（曲げる、揺らす）に由来し、中英語 sweyen を経て現代英語に定着。語根は「横に動く」イメージで、物理的な揺れから比喩的に「意見を左右する、影響を与える」の意味にも発展した。関連語: swing（振る）、swivel（回転する）。
Swayed is the regular past-tense and past-participle form of sway. Sway entered Middle English from a Scandinavian source and is associated with Old Norse sveigja, meaning to bend or cause to bend. The physical idea of bending or moving sideways produced the sense of rocking from side to side. A later figurative development gave sway the meaning “influence or persuade.”
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