喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 bird's beak · judge or teacher (informal)

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beak

n

核心畫面

Picture the hard, pointed thing that sticks out from the front of a bird's face — a sharp beak jutting forward, the first part of the bird you notice.

鳥臉最前面那個硬硬、尖尖、往前突出來的部分：從側面看一隻鳥，最先跳進眼裡的比較像這根往前伸的尖角。它的特徵有三個——…更多收起鳥臉最前面那個硬硬、尖尖、往前突出來的部分：從側面看一隻鳥，最先跳進眼裡的比較像這根往前伸的尖角。它的特徵有三個——硬、尖、突出在臉的正前方。之後 beak 用在人身上時，靠的完全是這三點。

From the word’s history

From Old French bec, from Latin beccus, borrowed from Gaulish *bekkos 'beak, snout' — the word has meant a bird's bill from the start.

經古法語 bec 從拉丁文 beccus 來，再往上是高盧語的 *bekkos（鳥嘴、口鼻），可能連到印歐語表示「尖棍」的字根。也就是說這個字從頭到尾講的就是「尖的、突出的那一根」，並沒有轉過彎——現代英文用它笑人鼻子大，其實只是把同一個畫面往人臉上放。

Wiktionary, 'beak' (Old French bec < Latin beccus < Gaulish *bekkos 'beak, snout')

Two branches

鳥嘴這個實物

核心畫面本身：鳥臉前端那根硬而尖的東西。

bird's beak · noun · C1

The hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth.

喙／鳥嘴

人臉上像鳥嘴的鼻子

把鳥嘴那個「往前突出的尖」搬到人臉上，只借形狀，帶開玩笑的語氣。

large nose (informal) · noun · C1

A large pointed nose — used humorously.

大鼻子

A second word, same spelling

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beak

n

核心畫面

A different word that happens to be spelled the same: old British slang for the man in charge who judges you — the magistrate on the bench, or the at the front of the class.

這是拼法碰巧一樣、來源完全不同的另一個字。核心畫面可以想成一個坐在高處、有權力判你對錯的男性：可能是法庭上那個穿袍子…更多收起這是拼法碰巧一樣、來源完全不同的另一個字。核心畫面可以想成一個坐在高處、有權力判你對錯的男性：可能是法庭上那個穿袍子的法官，也可能是站在教室前面那位老先生。重點不在他長什麼樣，而在「他握著裁決你的權力，而你在下面被看」。這裡跟鳥嘴一點關係都沒有，硬要把它拉去講尖鼻子只會誤導。

From the word’s history

Origin unknown; it began as thieves' cant in the 17th century, probably related to the obsolete cant word beck 'constable'. It is not the same word as the bird's beak.

來源不明，十七世紀最早出現在英國竊賊的黑話裡，可能跟已經廢掉的黑話 beck（警員）有關。它跟鳥嘴的 beak 不同源，只是拼法撞在一起。這種來自地下行話的字通常帶有「說話的人站在被管的那一邊」的味道，用起來永遠是非正式的。

Wiktionary, 'beak' (etymology 2: unknown, originally 17thC cant, probably related to obsolete cant beck 'constable')

原始詞典資料20 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。

beaknoun詞源 1/biːk/

  • 1

    anatomymedicinesciencesA rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.

  • 2

    anatomymedicinesciencesA similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.

  • 3

    anatomymedicinesciencesThe long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.

  • 4

    anatomymedicinesciencesThe upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.

  • 5

    anatomymedicinesciencesThe prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

  • 6

    anatomybiologybotanyAny process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.

  • 7

    Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.

    • At the townes end, Cuddenbeak, an ancient house of the Bishops, from a well aduanced Promontory, which intituled it Beak
  • 8

    architectureA continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

另外 7 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    farrieryhobbieshorsesA toe clip.

  • 10

    nauticaltransportThat part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

    • Holonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel
  • 11

    nauticaltransportA beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy.

    • Holonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel
  • 12

    biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.

  • 13

    slangA person's nose, especially one that is large and pointed.

    • "You mind your own business, curse you!" growled Silas. "I've told you before now not to push that long, sheeny beak of yours into my affairs. If you was a man I'd know better how to speak to you."
  • 14

    slangA person's mouth.

    • Shut your beak!
    • 'Did you think that bloody question up by yourself, pal?' Seánie snapped, and the guy opened and closed his beak a few times — I suppose he must have been surprised that a priest would talk like that.
  • 15

    slangCocaine.

    • I just stay in bed till about 2pm. Then I sit around and smoke weed. Sometimes we do beak [cocaine] or garys [ecstasy or MDMA] but I don't do that on the street because your jaw swings like fuck and you would need a good kip half the time. I do it every weekend though and it's fucking great. I'm being good tonight. I'll have a Bud and a smoke.

beakverb詞源 1/biːk/

  • 1

    To strike with the beak.

  • 2

    To seize with the beak.

  • 3

    To play truant.

    • Knew the Jampot well. I spent many an afternoon while I was beaking school in that fine establishment.
    • I was living at home at her age, by and large doing what my parents told me, apart from beaking school.

beaknoun詞源 2

  • 1

    slangA justice of the peace; a magistrate.

    • They take up men, Dick, for going about in women's clothes, and vice versaw, I suppose. You'll bail me, old fellaa, if I have to make my bow to the beak, won't you?
    • Harry looked rather bulky, you know, Tom, and the slop (policeman) says, 'Hallo, what you got here?' and by [blank] he took us both before the beak.
  • 2

    slangA schoolmaster (originally, at Eton).

    • It’s easy enough to be a beak when you’re young and athletic, and can offer the latest University smattering. The difficulty is to keep your place when you get old and stiff, and younger smatterers are pushing up behind you. Crawl into a boarding-house and you’re safe. A master’s life is frightfully tragic.

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。