核心畫面

The cool dark room under a house where things are kept. Go down the steps, and it is quiet, cold, and out of the sun — the right place to store what should not be moved or warmed.

「屋子底下那間又涼又暗的房間」。走下樓梯,沒有窗、曬不到太陽、溫度一年到頭差不多——正因為這樣,它天生就是拿來「存放更多收起「屋子底下那間又涼又暗的房間」。走下樓梯,沒有窗、曬不到太陽、溫度一年到頭差不多——正因為這樣,它天生就是拿來「存放」的地方:煤炭、馬鈴薯、舊箱子,還有最出名的酒。這個字有意思的地方是,它後來從「那個空間」滑到了「放在那個空間裡的東西」,尤其是酒;所以聽到 cellar 時要先聽出對方講的是房間,還是收藏。

Two branches

地下的儲藏空間

核心畫面本身:那個實際存在的房間。

underground storage room · noun · B2

A room under a house or another building, usually cool and dark with no windows, used for keeping things such as food, coal, or old boxes.

地窖

空間換成了藏品:酒

從「放東西的地方」跳到「放在裡面的東西」——這是語言裡很常見的一種借代,像我們說「他整個書房都搬走了」其實是指書。

wine collection · noun · B2

All the wine that a person, a restaurant, or a hotel owns and keeps stored, thought of together as one collection.

藏酒

原始詞典資料6 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。

cellarnoun詞源 1/ˈsɛlə/

  • 1

    An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.

    • The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
  • 2

    A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.

    • The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.
  • 3

    slangLast place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.

    • The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
  • 4

    A basement.

    • Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.

cellarverb詞源 1/ˈsɛlə/

  • 1

    To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.

    • Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.

cellarnoun詞源 2/ˈsɛlə/

  • 1

    salt cellar

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