喜樂美語

核心畫面

Hold on to teeth closing on skin. That is one quick, sharp point of pain in one small place, and every use of biting keeps it. A creature that really does this is a biting insect. Wind on a bare face can feel the same, so the cold bites. A remark can land in the same small, sharp way, so words bite too. And in Kenyan English the noun goes back to the mouth: bitings are the little things you finish in one bite.

先抓住「牙齒咬下去」這個畫面：又快又尖，痛在一個小小的點上。biting 的每個用法都留著這個感覺。真的會咬的，就是…更多收起先抓住「牙齒咬下去」這個畫面：又快又尖，痛在一個小小的點上。biting 的每個用法都留著這個感覺。真的會咬的，就是 biting insects。風吹在沒遮住的臉上是同一種痛，所以冷會「咬人」。一句話也可以這樣又準又痛地落下來，所以話也會「咬人」。而在肯亞英語裡，這個字回到嘴巴本身：bitings 就是一口可以吃完的小點心。

Two branches

真的會咬

這是畫面本身，沒有比喻，其他用法都從這裡出發。

adjective · B2

Used about an animal or insect that bites people or animals: biting insects are the kind that bite you.

會咬人的

像被咬一樣的痛

牙齒換成了風和話，那個又尖又準的痛感原封不動地留下來。

adjective · B2

Used about wind, cold or weather that is so sharp it seems to sting or cut the skin you leave uncovered.

刺骨的；凜冽的

原始詞典資料6 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。

bitingnoun/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/

  • 1

    An instance of something being bitten.

  • 2

    A bite-sized snack.

    • Here the guests were lavishly entertained with drinks and bitings even before sitting down to dinner.
    • More of a cafeteria than a purebreed coffeehouse, the neat little 21 does both full meals and snacks or 'bitings'.

bitingadj/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/

  • 1

    Causing a stinging sensation.

    • a biting wind
  • 2

    Cutting or incisive.

    • a biting criticism
  • 3

    Tending to bite.

    • a biting insect

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。