核心畫面

Picture a piece of ground given over to cars that are not going anywhere. The engines are off, the rows are painted on the surface, and everything stands still until someone comes back. That picture — cars standing still in a place made for standing still — is what all the uses share. Make the place taller and you get the building. Zoom in on one painted and you get a single space. Put the picture where it does not belong, on a at rush hour, and it becomes a joke.

可以想成一塊專門留給「不動的車」的地方。引擎熄了,地上畫好一排一排的線,車子就停在那裡等人回來。所有用法共用的就是這更多收起可以想成一塊專門留給「不動的車」的地方。引擎熄了,地上畫好一排一排的線,車子就停在那裡等人回來。所有用法共用的就是這個畫面:車停著不動,而且是在一個本來就給人停車的地方。把它蓋高、加上屋頂,就是立體停車場。鏡頭拉近到地上的一格,就是一個車位。把這個畫面搬到尖峰時間的高速公路上——本來該動的地方卻不動了——就成了玩笑話。

Two branches

停車的空間

核心畫面本身,差別只在範圍大小:一片地、一棟樓,或地上的一格。

noun · A2

An open area of ground where drivers can leave their cars while they are somewhere else, usually painted with lines to show where each car goes.

停車場

動不了的路(玩笑話)

把核心畫面搬到不該出現的地方:車子確實停著不動,只是停在馬路上。

noun · B2

A road so full of stopped traffic that nothing moves — called a car park as a joke, because the cars are standing still as if they had been parked there.

塞爆不動的路