廚房裡的那個模子
畫面本身：一個中空的形狀，壓進麵團，切出餅乾。
noun · B1
A small open shape made of metal or plastic that you press down into flat dough to cut out cookies of that shape before you bake them.
餅乾模
核心畫面
Picture one small metal shape pressed into flat dough again and again. Whatever the dough was before, it now comes out in that one outline, and every piece matches every other piece.
cookie cutter 可以想成一個小小的金屬形狀，一次又一次壓進擀平的麵團裡。不管麵團原本是什麼樣子，壓過之後…更多收起
cookie cutter 可以想成一個小小的金屬形狀，一次又一次壓進擀平的麵團裡。不管麵團原本是什麼樣子，壓過之後就只剩那一個輪廓。壓十次，十片都一樣。這個畫面裡有兩件事可以抓：一是它是個切形狀的工具，二是它切出來的東西全都長一個樣。英文把這兩件事都用上了：前者是那個器具，後者變成一句抱怨。Two branches
像同一個模子壓出來的
把模子的「切出來全都一樣」這一面搬去形容別的東西。
adjective · B2
Almost exactly the same as all the other things of its kind, because it was made from one fixed pattern — and therefore rather dull, with nothing of its own.
千篇一律的