固定說法：一顆豆子很小
這幾句用的都是「一顆豆子小到不算什麼」這個感覺：連一顆都沒有就是身無分文，連一顆都不懂就是完全不懂。三句都是整串固定的口語說法。
be full of beans · noun · A2
in the phrase be full of beans: to feel very eager and full of energy.
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Picture a pod split open in your hand with a row of small hard seeds inside. That seed is the bean — you can cook it, plant it, or roast and grind it. English also keeps a handful of old sayings built on the idea that a single bean is a very small, cheap thing.
可以想成：手裡剝開一個豆莢，裡面躺著一排小小硬硬的種子。那顆種子就是 bean——可以煮來吃、可以種下去，也可以烘過…更多收起
可以想成：手裡剝開一個豆莢，裡面躺著一排小小硬硬的種子。那顆種子就是 bean——可以煮來吃、可以種下去，也可以烘過磨成粉。英文另外留著幾句老說法，用的是「一顆豆子很小、很不值錢」這個想法。From the picture
動詞：打到頭
這個動詞和吃的豆子接不太起來，兩者沒有連成一條清楚的線。與其硬編一個比喻，不如當成一個獨立的口語用法記。
hit on the head (US) · verb · A2
to hit someone lightly on the head with a ball or other object (US informal).
打到頭
Also in this word
bean (seed/pod) · noun · A2
a seed, or the long green case that holds seeds, from a climbing plant, cooked as food.
豆子
bean plant · noun · A2
a plant that grows beans.
豆類植物
coffee bean · noun · A2
a seed used to make some kinds of food or drinks, such as coffee or chocolate.
咖啡豆
原始詞典資料16 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。
Beanname/biːn/
- 1
A surname.
- 2
A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5872).
beannoun/ˈbi(ː)n/
- 1
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
- 2004, T. N. Shivenanda, B. R. V. Iyengar, Phosphorus Management in French Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.), Ramdane Dris, S. Mohan Jain (editors), Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops, Volume 2: Plant Mineral Nutrition and Pesticide Management, page 79, Beans are a large group of leguminous vegetables that serve as a main source of proteins in human diet. This group comprises several species and some of them are Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis); Broad bean (Vicia faba); Cluster bean (Cyamposis tetragonoloba); French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); […] .
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The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).
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The edible seedpod of such a plant.
- Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled.
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The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
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An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.
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slangThe head or brain.
- Now, there was a perfectly sound forecast for you. Certainly a case of using the old bean. The surmise was perfectly logical.
- I saw her quiver and kept a wary eye on the ginger ale bottle. But even if she had raised it and brought it down on [my] bean, I couldn't have been more stunned than I was by the words that left her lips. [...] Well, as I say, it was from his fertile bean that the idea sprang.
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slangThe human clitoris.
- For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean.
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slangA person; especially, a baby.
- Sparky is a good bean, even if he is a carpet-bagging bean at that.
- i dont want boid (whoever said that) he is mean. boid is a mean bean.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
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archaicslangA guinea coin or sovereign.
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slangMoney.
- I haven't got a bean.
- 11
slangAny form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny).
- Once the bean kicked in I started wilding.
- 12
A toe bean.
beanverb/ˈbi(ː)n/
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ball-gamesbaseballgamesTo hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the head.
- The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.
- Though I shall have to exercise an iron self-restraint to keep me from beaning that pie-faced little hornswoggler Mrs Bertram Wooster, nee Wickham, with the shaker. [...] dudgeon might easily lead her to reach for the ginger ale bottle and bean me with it.
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。