核心畫面

One way to hold this word: a person-shaped piece of card standing in a lobby. From the front it is a whole person, life-size and in colour. Step to the side and there is nothing there at all — a paper edge and a folded leg holding it up.

可以想成一個立在大廳裡、人形的厚紙板。從正面看,它是一個完整的人。跟真人一樣高,顏色也都在。走到旁邊看,就什麼都沒有更多收起可以想成一個立在大廳裡、人形的厚紙板。從正面看,它是一個完整的人。跟真人一樣高,顏色也都在。走到旁邊看,就什麼都沒有了。只剩一條紙的邊,和後面折起來撐著它的支架。這個字的兩個用法,就像站在這個東西的兩個位置上看它。一個在說它是什麼東西,一個在說走到側面時看到的那個空。

Two branches

立起來的紙板人形

站在正面看:這一族說的就是那樣東西本身。

noun · B2

A flat shape cut from thick card and made to stand up on the floor or a table. It usually shows a life-size picture of a person, so from a few steps away it looks like someone is standing there.

紙板立牌

走到側面,發現它是空的

站在側面看:同一樣東西,這次注意到的是它沒有厚度。這是比喻上的延伸,不是另一個來源。

noun · B2

A person or a character in a book, film or game who has no depth — they say and do only the obvious things, so they feel flat instead of alive.

紙片人角色