喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to hold this word: something that has been hit, and hit again, and hit again. Not one clean break — many blows over time, until the surface is all dents and marks. That picture works whether the blows come from , from years of travel, or from a person.

可以想成一個被「一再敲打」的畫面。不是一次撞壞，而是同一個東西被打了很多次。表面於是布滿凹痕和刮痕。這個畫面可以套在…更多收起可以想成一個被「一再敲打」的畫面。不是一次撞壞，而是同一個東西被打了很多次。表面於是布滿凹痕和刮痕。這個畫面可以套在海浪打堤防上，也可以套在皮箱被搬了二十年，甚至套在人身上。差別只在是誰在打、打了多久。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives the form as batter + -ed, where batter means to strike something hard and repeatedly.

來源資料寫的是 batter 加上 -ed。batter 指的是一下一下地重打，所以 battered 字面就是「被反覆打過的」。

Wiktionary etymology_text in packet: From batter + -ed (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1231654868)

Two branches

真的被一再打

這一支最貼近核心畫面，打擊還看得見、也說得出來源。

adjective · B2

Hurt or damaged by being hit again and again, often by wind, rain and waves, or by repeated blows. Here the hitting itself is the point, and the thing doing the hitting is often named.

被一再打擊而受損的

被歲月磕碰出來的舊

打擊變得很輕、很慢，分散在很多年裡，於是重點從動作轉到留下的痕跡。

adjective · B2

Old and in poor condition after a long time of use and knocks. A battered thing usually still works. It just has dents, scratches and worn patches all over it.

破舊的

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

batteredadj/ˈbætəd/

  • 1

    Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.

    • The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
  • 2

    Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.

    • While the defense lawyers have likened the condition to the post traumatic stress disorders afflicting war veterans and battered women, which have been used in other insanity defense cases, they have said that they know of no previous trials when a "black rage" defense has been raised.
    • There's also a wooden seat running the full length of the building - ideal for stopping to watch the wildlife on the seashore without getting battered by the weather!
  • 3

    informalDrunk; inebriated.

  • 4

    cookingfoodlifestyleCoated with batter (noun).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。