mixedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From mix, equivalent to mix +‎ -ed. Compare 中期英語 mixid (“mixed”, past participle), 古期英語 miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix.

In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix.

発音

• IPA: /mɪkst/, 韻: -ɪkst
• (Indic) IPA: /mɪks(e)ɖ/

動詞

mixed

1. simple past and past participle of mix

形容詞

mixed (comparative more mixed, superlative most mixed)

1. Having two or more separate aspects.

   I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.

   The various studies produced mixed results.

2. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.

   My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.

3. Including both male(s) and female(s).

   The tennis match was mixed, with a boy and a girl on each side.

   My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.

   • 1983 April 9, The Sustainer Committee, “Sustain GCN”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

     We were the first paper to involve large numbers of gay men and lesbians: today, we remain the only truly mixed periodical in our community.

4. Stemming from two or more races or breeds.

   The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.

   Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed

5. Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback.

   The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.

同意語

• (having two or more separate aspects): heterogeneous (See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous); (feelings) ambivalent, conflicted, equivocal
• (not pure): impure
• (including both males and females): co-ed, unsegregated
• (stemming from two or more races or breeds): hybrid, mongrel

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “having two or more separate aspects”): homogeneous, unmixed; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous
• (antonym(s) of “not pure”): pure
• (antonym(s) of “including both males and females”): single-sex
• (antonym(s) of “stemming from two or more races or breeds”): pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred

派生語

関連する語

• mixer
• mixture

派生した語

• → Russian: микст (mikst)

アナグラム

• demix