核心畫面

One picture holds both meanings: a small carriage on wheels with a baby inside it, and an adult walking behind, pushing. What changes between the two meanings is not the picture but the carriage in it — whether the baby lies down as if in a little bed, or sits up in a light chair that folds away. So the real question this word asks is not what it is, but where the speaker is from.

可以想成同一個畫面:一台有輪子的小車,裡面有一個寶寶,大人走在後面推。兩個意思的差別不在這個畫面,而在畫面裡的那台車更多收起可以想成同一個畫面:一台有輪子的小車,裡面有一個寶寶,大人走在後面推。兩個意思的差別不在這個畫面,而在畫面裡的那台車長什麼樣子。一種是像小床,寶寶躺平;一種是像輕便的椅子,寶寶坐著,車還能摺起來。所以遇到 baby buggy 的時候,要判斷的往往不是「這是什麼東西」,而是「說這句話的人是哪邊的人」。

One branch

推著寶寶走的車

兩個意思都是同一個動作:大人在後面推,寶寶在前面被推著走。分岔只發生在車子本身。

noun · A2

In American English, a small carriage on wheels that an adult pushes a baby in. The baby lies down flat inside it, like in a little bed, so it is used for babies who are still too young to sit up.

嬰兒車(躺著的)