核心畫面

Picture one small block in a child's hand. On its own it is nothing — a cube, a bar, a shape. Put it down and set another on top, and a third, and a shape starts to appear that none of them had alone. That is the whole idea the word carries: many simple pieces, each one basic, each one useless by itself, together making something that stands. The same picture works for a wall of cut stone. It works again for things you cannot hold: cells in a body, sounds in a word, trust in a team.

可以想成小孩手上的一塊積木。單獨一塊什麼都不是:一個方塊、一根長條、一個形狀。放下去,再疊一塊,再一塊,就出現了單獨更多收起可以想成小孩手上的一塊積木。單獨一塊什麼都不是:一個方塊、一根長條、一個形狀。放下去,再疊一塊,再一塊,就出現了單獨哪一塊都沒有的東西。這個字帶的就是這個想法:很多簡單的小塊,每一塊都很基本,單獨都沒用,疊在一起卻立得起來。同一個畫面拿去看石砌的牆也通。再拿去看摸不到的東西也通——身體裡的細胞、字裡的聲音、團隊裡的信任。

Two branches

手上摸得到的方塊

畫面本身:一塊一塊疊上去,先是玩具,也是真正的磚石。

noun · A2

A small block of wood or plastic that young children stack up and fit together to build towers, houses and other shapes.

積木

組成大東西的基本單位

同樣是「小塊疊成大東西」,只是這次的塊摸不到:細胞、聲音、信任。

noun · B2

Used in the plural, 'the building blocks of something' means the basic parts that come together and make something big or important possible.

基本組成;基石