くすぐったい
解説 Definition
tickled は tickle（くすぐる）の過去形・過去分詞です。体をくすぐられてくすぐったく感じた場合に使われ、文脈によっては楽しい気持ちになったという意味にもなりますが、ここでは体の感覚を表します。
The past-tense and past-participle form of tickle, referring here to touching someone’s skin lightly in a way that produces a tingling sensation and often involuntary laughter. It may describe either what caused the sensation or the person affected by it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 tickle「くすぐる」の語末 e を取らず、そのまま -d を付けた過去形・過去分詞。-ed は /d/ で、tickled は通常二音節 /ˈtɪkəld/ と発音する。羽が鼻に、草が足に軽く触れて反射的に笑う場面を思い浮かべる。be tickled by a feather なら「羽でくすぐられた」と受け身になる。
Connect tickled with tickle plus the regular past ending: because tickle already ends in silent e, only -d is added in spelling. The ending is pronounced /d/, and the word is normally heard as two syllables, /ˈtɪkəld/. Picture a feather brushing a nose, grass touching bare feet, or a soft brush moving over an arm and causing an involuntary laugh. Learn both patterns: “The feather tickled my nose” names the cause, while “I was tickled by the feather” presents the person experiencing the physical sensation.
例文
The feather tickled my nose.
羽が鼻に触れてくすぐったく感じました。
She laughed because the grass tickled her feet.
草が足に触れてくすぐったかったので、彼女は笑いました。
His little sister tickled his arm with a soft brush.
妹は柔らかいブラシで彼の腕をくすぐりました。
tickled の類義語・関連語
tickled の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語「tician」に由来し、接辞分解は不要な単一語根で成る。ゲルマン祖語の「軽く突く」が原義で、身体の反射的笑いから転じて「喜ばせる」へ意味が派生。同根語に「ticklish（扱いにくい）」があり、軽い刺激が快さや不安の双方を呼ぶ連想が納得を促す。
Tickled is the regular past and past-participle form of tickle. Tickle has been used in English since the Middle English period and is related to older Germanic forms referring to light touching or delicate stimulation. Its precise earliest development is not entirely certain, so a direct derivation from one specific Old English form should be treated cautiously. The physical sense of producing a tingling reaction later gave rise to figurative meanings involving amusement or pleasure.
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