核心畫面

Picture a rounded swelling that at one end — fat and smooth at the bottom, where it joins on. An onion has that shape; so does the glass part of a lamp. One way to hold the word is that it names the shape first, and the two things it points at are simply two things built that way.

可以想成:一個圓鼓鼓、往一端收窄的形狀——底下飽滿光滑,接上去的地方細下來。洋蔥是這個形狀,燈的那顆玻璃也是。一種理更多收起可以想成:一個圓鼓鼓、往一端收窄的形狀——底下飽滿光滑,接上去的地方細下來。洋蔥是這個形狀,燈的那顆玻璃也是。一種理解方式是:這個字先認的是形狀,它指到的兩樣東西,只是剛好都長成這樣。

From the picture

燈的那顆玻璃

同樣是那個圓鼓鼓、往上收窄的形狀,只是換成玻璃做的,裡面發光。

light bulb · noun · B2

The glass part of an electric lamp that gives out light.

燈泡

Also in this word

plant bulb · noun · B2

A round plant part that you put in the soil so a flower or plant grows.

球莖

原始詞典資料7 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。

bulbnoun/ˈbʌlb/

  • 1

    The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.

    • the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs.
    • Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
  • 2

    datedanatomymedicineneuroanatomyThe medulla oblongata.

  • 3

    Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.

    • the bulb of the aorta
  • 4

    Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.

    • an incandescent bulb
    • an LED bulb
  • 5

    nauticaltransportA bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.

  • 6

    obsoleteAn onion.

bulbverb/ˈbʌlb/

  • 1

    To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

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