核心畫面

One way to hold this word: something spread out very thin, with a surface that never comes out perfectly flat. Run a finger across it and you feel fine . That thin, slightly crinkled sheet turns up as cloth, as party paper, as pressed rubber, and - once you let the picture stretch into the kitchen - as a poured so thin that it ripples at the edge.

可以把 crepe 想成一片攤得很薄的東西,而且表面永遠不會完全平——手指摸過去有細細的皺。同一個畫面換材質就變成不更多收起可以把 crepe 想成一片攤得很薄的東西,而且表面永遠不會完全平——手指摸過去有細細的皺。同一個畫面換材質就變成不同的東西:布是縐紗、紙是皺紋紙、橡膠是鞋底的膠片,而倒進鍋裡攤薄的麵糊,就是邊緣會捲起小波浪的可麗餅。

From the word’s history

English took crepe from French crepe, which goes back to Latin crispus; crisp and crape come from the same root. That shared root is why one spelling covers cloth, paper, rubber and a pancake - they are not four unrelated words that happen to look alike.

英文的 crepe 借自法文 crêpe,再往前是拉丁文 crispus;英文的 crisp 和 crape 都是同一個根長出來的。也因為根是同一個,布料、紙、橡膠和可麗餅才會共用一個拼法——它們不是四個剛好長得像的字。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract) entry 'crepe': Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crape. source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:478454467:32554

Two branches

薄薄一片、表面帶皺的材料

這一支完全就是核心畫面:認的是手感,不是成分,所以三種很不一樣的材料共用同一個名字。

noun · B2

A light, soft, thin cloth with a surface covered in very small folded lines, made from cotton, silk, wool and other fibres.

縐紗 / 縐綢

攤得很薄的那張餅

核心畫面裡的「薄」走進廚房:麵糊攤開成一層,薄到可以折起來而不破。

noun · B1

A very thin pancake, cooked flat on a hot surface and then usually folded or rolled around something sweet or salty.

可麗餅