聚成的一批
這一家族看的是結果：一批東西、一群人、或一組一起出土的器物，被當成一個整體。
noun · C1
A group of things that have been brought together into one place or one set, often things of many different kinds.
一批聚在一起的東西
核心畫面
A picture that holds this word together: things that were lying apart are now standing in one place, and you are looking at them as one. The things usually do not match — shells beside broken glass, farm tools from three centuries, bottle caps beside a broken clock — and that is part of the word. The -age ending lets the same word hold both the moment of drawing them together and the group that results.
assemblage 可以想成：原本散在各處的東西，現在被聚到同一個地方，而你把它們當成一整組在看。這些東西通常不成…更多收起
assemblage 可以想成：原本散在各處的東西，現在被聚到同一個地方，而你把它們當成一整組在看。這些東西通常不成套——貝殼和玻璃碎片放一起，三個世紀的農具擺一櫃，瓶蓋旁邊是一個壞掉的鐘。這種「不成套」正是這個字的味道。字尾 -age 讓同一個字同時裝得下「聚起來的動作」和「聚起來的那一堆」。From the word’s history
The packet records the word as borrowed from French assemblage, and by surface analysis as assemble plus -age. The -age ending commonly turns an action into a noun (as in package, storage), which is why the word can name both the act of putting together and the thing put together.
資料顯示這個字借自法文 assemblage，從構詞看則是 assemble 加上 -age。-age 這個字尾常把動作變成名詞，例如 package、storage。這正好說明了為什麼同一個字既能指「組裝這個動作」，也能指「組起來的那一批」。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this packet: Borrowed from French assemblage; by surface analysis assemble + -age (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1272165274:13903)
Three branches
聚起來的動作
同一個畫面，但鏡頭停在動作那一刻：零件正在被拼成一個東西，還沒變成成品。
noun · C1
The act of fitting parts together so that they make one finished thing.
組裝、拼合（的過程）
組合而成的作品
藝術界直接把這個字當作品名稱：作品本身就是一堆被組起來的現成物，動作和結果在這裡合成同一件事。
noun · C2
In art: a way of making a work by joining real objects together into one piece, often ordinary or found things; also the finished work itself. Unlike a flat collage, it stands out from the surface in three dimensions.
（藝術）集合藝術、拼裝作品