人像風一樣吵
把主詞從風換成人,畫面一模一樣:來得猛、聲音大、過去之後什麼也沒留下。英文選這個字,就是在提醒讀者注意那個「什麼也沒留下」。
verb · C1
To talk in a loud, angry way that is meant to sound strong or threatening, but that does not really impress or frighten the people listening.
虛張聲勢地大聲說;咆哮
Picture a windy night. The wind does not push steadily; it arrives in bursts, bangs the shutters, throws the leaves about, and then drops. It is loud while it lasts and it changes nothing. Everything this word does grows out of that night. Put a person where the wind was, and you have someone whose voice fills the room, whose words sound violent, and whose noise passes without leaving a mark.
Wiktionary records Middle English blusteren, 'to wander about aimlessly', with the modern sense apparently picked up from Middle Low German blüstren, 'to blow violently', and notes the word is related to blow and blast.
來源資料寫著:中古英文 blusteren 原本是「漫無目的地亂走」,後來的意思看來是從中古低地德文 blüstren(猛吹)來的,而且它跟 blow、blast 同一家。這條線索正好把「風」放在最前面,人的用法排在後面。
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人像風一樣吵
把主詞從風換成人,畫面一模一樣:來得猛、聲音大、過去之後什麼也沒留下。英文選這個字,就是在提醒讀者注意那個「什麼也沒留下」。
verb · C1
To talk in a loud, angry way that is meant to sound strong or threatening, but that does not really impress or frighten the people listening.
虛張聲勢地大聲說;咆哮
verb · C1
When the wind blusters, it blows hard in sudden noisy gusts rather than steadily.
(風)狂吹、一陣一陣猛颳