傷
解説 Definition
wound は「傷、けが」という意味です。体にできた切り傷や深いけがを指す名詞で、日常会話でも医療の場面でも使われます。なお、動詞 wind の過去形 wound とは発音と意味が異なります。
An injury in which the skin or other body tissue is cut, torn, pierced, or otherwise damaged, often by an accident or weapon. The noun can also be used figuratively for lasting emotional pain or damage, though the examples here concern physical injury.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
名詞 wound /wuːnd/ は、皮膚や組織が傷ついた「傷・けが」。clean a wound、a wound on his arm、the wound heals のように覚える。同じ綴りでも wind「巻く」の過去形 wound は /waʊnd/ と発音するため、文脈と母音の違いで区別する。
For the noun wound, picture a nurse cleaning an injury and pronounce it /wuːnd/, with the vowel of food. Learn it in practical combinations such as clean a wound, treat a wound, an open wound, and a wound heals. This noun often suggests damaged skin or deeper tissue, so it can sound more serious or specific than the broad word injury. Do not confuse it with wound /waʊnd/, the past tense and past participle of wind, as in wound the clock.
例文
The nurse cleaned the wound carefully.
看護師はその傷をていねいに消毒しました。
He had a small wound on his arm.
彼の腕には小さな傷がありました。
The wound began to heal after a few days.
数日後、その傷は治り始めました。
wound の類義語・関連語
wound の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 wund に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *wundō（傷）に遡る。ドイツ語 Wunde と同根。原義は「打撃による裂け目」で、肉体的な傷から精神的な傷まで広く使われる。関連語: wounded（負傷した）。同根のドイツ語 Wunder（驚異）とは別語源。
The noun wound comes from Old English wund and is related to forms in other Germanic languages, including German Wunde. It can be traced to a Proto-Germanic word conventionally reconstructed as meaning a bodily injury. Its central sense has long involved physical damage caused by cutting, piercing, or striking, and it later gained figurative uses for emotional hurt. It is historically separate from wound, the past form of wind.
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