核心畫面

Somebody counting what is in a drop of blood. The count is the number that comes out — how many cells are in there. The same two words then stretch to cover the whole visit that produces that number: the needle, the little tube, the lab, the report. So one phrase names both the reading and the checking that gives you the reading.

可以想成:有人在數一滴血裡面有多少東西。數出來的那個數字,就是 count。同樣這兩個字再往外一點,就把「為了得到這更多收起可以想成:有人在數一滴血裡面有多少東西。數出來的那個數字,就是 count。同樣這兩個字再往外一點,就把「為了得到這個數字所做的整件事」也蓋進去:抽血、送檢驗、等報告。所以一個詞可以指報告上的數值,也可以指那次檢查。句子裡的動詞通常會告訴你是哪一個:is low 是數字,have one 是檢查。

One branch

數血裡的細胞:數字,以及取得數字的檢查

兩個意思是同一件事的兩端:一端是數出來的結果,一端是數的過程。

noun · B2

The number of cells in someone's blood, taken as a sign of how well their body is working.

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