1. 1精彩刺激的、動作場面很多的(海報、預告、影評愛用;不是把 action 和 packed 逐字譯成「裝滿動作」。)

    An action-packed film, book, or game is stuffed with events — fights, chases, sudden turns — so you barely sit still. Packed here is like a bag packed full: the story is filled tight with action. You meet this word most on posters, trailers, and reviews; it is selling language as much as a calm description, and people stretch it onto a match, a trip, even an action-packed day at work when they want to say it was busy and dramatic. It feels informal and a bit breathless. A quiet, slow film is the opposite; nobody calls a talky drama action-packed unless they are joking.

    action-packed 形容電影、書或遊戲裡擠滿了刺激的事件,像是打鬥、追逐和突然的轉折,讓人幾乎坐不住。這裡的 packed 就像一個塞滿東西的袋子,指故事裡的動作場面塞得很密。放在名詞前面時,常見的是 「an action-packed __」,後面接要描述的東西。

    這個字最常出現在海報、預告片和影評上,有點宣傳的味道,不只是冷靜的描述。有人也拿來形容一場比賽、一趟旅行,甚至是忙碌又戲劇化的一天。語氣比較口語,也帶一點興奮。相反地,安靜慢慢的電影一般不會被叫做 action-packed,除非是在開玩笑。

From the word’s history

Compound of action + packed.

由 action 和 packed 組成,意思是塞滿了動作。

Wiktionary

組成action (exciting events, fights, movement) + packed (filled tightly).

同家族的字

  • actionthe exciting events that fill the story
  • packto fill something until it is tight

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

action-packedadj

  • 1

    Full of action; dramatic and exciting.

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