喜樂美語

核心畫面

Wiktionary records this word as a noun made straight out of the verb carry on, and that is the thread to hold: what you get here is the thing, or the scene, that an ongoing action leaves behind. Carrying something on to a plane leaves you a bag in your hand. Carrying on and on leaves a room full of noise. The two pictures look nothing alike, and the word behaves like two different words in practice, so it is worth meeting them one at a time.

維基詞典把這個字記成從動詞片語 carry on 直接變成的名詞。可以抓住這條線索來想：留下來的，是那個動作的「東西…更多收起維基詞典把這個字記成從動詞片語 carry on 直接變成的名詞。可以抓住這條線索來想：留下來的，是那個動作的「東西」或「場面」。把一件行李 carry on 到飛機上，留在你手上的就是那個包。一直 carry on 鬧個不停，留下來的就是一屋子的騷動。這兩幅畫面長得完全不像，實際使用時也幾乎像兩個不同的字，所以分開認比較省力。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives the origin as: Deverbal from carry on. It does not say which use of the phrasal verb produced which noun sense, so the link between the two pictures below is offered as a way of holding them together, not as a claim about their history.

維基詞典對這個字的來源只寫了一句：Deverbal from carry on（由動詞片語 carry on 直接轉成名詞）。它沒有說明是哪一個 carry on 的用法生出哪一個名詞意思。所以下面兩幅畫面之間的連結，是幫助記憶的想法，不是歷史上的說法。

Wiktionary via kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1179476375 and :1179480079 — etymology_text: "Deverbal from carry on."

Two branches

跟你上飛機的那一件

這一族取的是 carry on 裡「帶著上去」的動作：東西沒有交出去托運，而是一路跟著你進機艙。名詞和形容詞是同一幅畫面的兩種說法。

noun · B1

A bag or small case that you are allowed to take onto a plane with you instead of checking it in; also the luggage taken on board in this way.

隨身行李

沒完沒了的那一場

這一族取的是 carry on 裡「一直下去、停不下來」的味道：留下來的不是東西，而是一整團場面。要留意的是，維基詞典只說這個名詞來自 carry on，沒有說明是哪個用法，所以這條連結是幫忙記憶的想法，不是來源的事實。

noun · B2

A lot of silly, noisy, or annoying behaviour, and the fuss that comes with it; a scene or situation that gets out of hand, usually over something small.

鬧劇一場

原始詞典資料4 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。

carry-onadj

  • 1

    Taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.

    • It's a compact suitcase, but it makes a good carry-on bag.

carry-onnoun

  • 1

    That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.

    • Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?
  • 2

    That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.

    • "THAT'S NOT MY CARRY-ON, THOSE WOULD NEVER GET THROUGH SECURITY. ALSO YOU'RE GROUNDED"
  • 3

    A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.

    • Sometimes all this carry-on about race, religion and sex seems so petty and silly that I cannot take it seriously.
    • "I love salad",she dared when it came to the next course, and then inwardly cringed when it seemed that that was actually a special order and there was such a carry-on about what kind of salad she wanted.

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