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。
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