核心畫面

One way to hold this word: a table with chairs pulled in around it, at the hour when the food comes out. You can point at the wood and the legs — that is one thing the words name. You can also point at nothing at all, and mean the hour itself, the time when everyone is sitting there. Same three , two things to point at.

可以想成這樣一個畫面:一張桌子,四周的椅子拉了進來,時間正好是飯菜端上桌的那一刻。你可以指著木頭和桌腳,說的就是那件更多收起可以想成這樣一個畫面:一張桌子,四周的椅子拉了進來,時間正好是飯菜端上桌的那一刻。你可以指著木頭和桌腳,說的就是那件家具。你也可以什麼都不指,說的是那個時刻本身——大家都坐在那裡的那段時間。同樣兩個字,眼睛看到的是一張桌子,心裡想的常常是那一餐。中文的「飯桌上」其實走的是同一條路:說「飯桌上不要吵架」,沒有人以為你在講家具。

One branch

那張桌子,與坐在那裡的那段時間

先有看得見的桌子,再由桌子借來指那段吃飯的時間。

noun · A2

The table that people sit around to eat dinner. In many homes it is one table used for every meal, and it is only called the dinner table at dinner time.

餐桌