棉花這團東西本身
這一組就是那團棉花的兩種樣子:一種還在田裡,一種已經進了藥箱。
noun · B1
Soft, loose cotton pulled into a light mass that soaks up liquid, used for cleaning a cut, putting medicine or make-up on the skin, and as soft padding around things.
藥用棉花/脫脂棉
Picture cotton pulled apart until it is mostly air: a light, springy, white mass. It holds liquid, it presses down and comes back up, and it can sit around anything as a soft layer. That same mass shows up twice in real life — as the crop coming off the plant, and as the ball in the bathroom cabinet. And once you can see a person packed inside it, the expression about protecting someone almost explains itself.
Two branches
棉花這團東西本身
這一組就是那團棉花的兩種樣子:一種還在田裡,一種已經進了藥箱。
noun · B1
Soft, loose cotton pulled into a light mass that soaks up liquid, used for cleaning a cut, putting medicine or make-up on the skin, and as soft padding around things.
藥用棉花/脫脂棉
把人包進棉花裡
緩衝的畫面不變,只是被包起來的東西從杯子換成了人。
noun · B2
If you wrap someone in cotton wool, you keep them so safe from danger, difficulty and disappointment that they never get to handle anything hard by themselves.
過度保護