核心畫面

A bubble pushed up under a surface — skin lifted off the flesh by a pocket of liquid, the surface still whole but no longer lying flat.

表面底下被吹起一個泡。皮膚沒有破,但底下積了一包水,把上層整片頂了起來,摸下去是軟的、鼓的、跟旁邊平整的部分明顯不同更多收起表面底下被吹起一個泡。皮膚沒有破,但底下積了一包水,把上層整片頂了起來,摸下去是軟的、鼓的、跟旁邊平整的部分明顯不同。這個「表層還在、底下卻分離並鼓起」的畫面,就是 blister 每一個用法共有的樣子。

From the word’s history

From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source; compare Middle Dutch blyster "swelling" and Old Norse blastr "a blowing." The Norse cognate meaning "a blowing" fits the picture of a surface puffed up from underneath.

來自中古英語 blister、古法語 blestre,源頭是日耳曼語系;可比較中古荷蘭語 blyster「腫脹」與古諾斯語 blastr「吹起」。古諾斯語那個「吹」的意思跟現代畫面對得很準——像有人從底下吹了一口氣,把表層鼓成一個泡。

Wiktionary entry for "blister" (attested origin supplied in the payload: Middle English blister < Old French blestre < Germanic source; compare Middle Dutch blyster "swelling", Old Norse blastr "a blowing").

Two branches

鼓起來的那個泡(名詞)

核心畫面直接當名字用:先是長在皮膚上的那一顆,再把同樣的形狀借給沒有生命的表面。

skin blister · noun · C2

A small raised place on your skin, full of clear liquid, that you get when something rubs or burns you.

水泡

泡冒出來的過程(動詞)

同一個畫面從「東西」變成「事情發生」:不是那顆泡,而是泡正在冒出來的那個過程。

form blisters · verb · C2

To get blisters on your skin, or to make small raised bubbles form on paint, metal, or another surface.

起泡

原始詞典資料13 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。

blisternoun/ˈblɪstə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.

    • Inspect them for rub marks and blisters; tape or bandage rub marks; clean the skin around a blister, use a sterilised needle to puncture it at its outer edge and press out the fluid, then bandage.
  • 2

    A swelling on a plant.

  • 3

    medicinesciencesSomething applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.

    • 'T is written in the Hebrew Chronicle, / How the physicians, leaving pill and potion, / Prescribed, by way of blister, a young belle, / When old King David's blood grew dull in motion, / And that the medicine answered very well […]
  • 4

    A bubble, as on a painted surface.

  • 5

    businessconstructionmanufacturingAn enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.

  • 6

    A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.

    • blister card
    • blister pack
  • 7

    A cause of annoyance.

    • I couldn't help thinking how dashed happy I could have contrived to be in this place if only Aunt Agatha and the other blisters had been elsewhere.
    • I will say, however, that we fanned her well — her and her old blister of a mother and a bewhiskered old goat named Boris.
  • 8

    A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.

blisterverb/ˈblɪstə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    To raise blisters on.

    • a chemical agent that blisters the skin
    • Caliban: As wicked dewe, as ere my mother bruſh'd / With Rauens feather from vnwholeſome Fen / Drop on you both : A Southweſt blow on yee, / And bliſter you all ore.
  • 2

    cookingfoodlifestyleTo sear after blaching.

  • 3

    To have a blister form.

    • A poorly formulated mortar mixture will result in plaster that blisters and cracks.
    • An overfired glaze often blisters by the volatilization of part of its composition. It also reaches a stage where its viscosity is too low to keep it on the pot.
  • 4

    To criticise severely.

  • 5

    To break out in blisters.

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