核心畫面

Picture the ground itself as the road. Nobody has poured stone or asphalt over it; wheels and feet have simply pressed the earth flat, over and over, until a way appeared. That is the whole word. Everything that follows from it follows from the surface: dust behind you when it is dry, mud under you when it rains, and wheels that never quite hold.

可以想成路面就是地面本身。沒有人在上面鋪石頭或柏油,是輪子和腳一次又一次把泥土壓平,壓出一條路來。dirt trac更多收起可以想成路面就是地面本身。沒有人在上面鋪石頭或柏油,是輪子和腳一次又一次把泥土壓平,壓出一條路來。dirt track 的全部就是這件事。後面所有的意思都從這個路面長出來:天乾的時候後面揚起灰塵,下雨的時候腳下變成爛泥,輪胎永遠抓不太住地。

Two branches

用來走的土路

最直接的一支:那條土路是拿來通往某個地方的。

noun · B1

A road or path made of packed earth, with no stone or asphalt laid on top. It is usually narrow, and cars and feet have pressed it hard over time.

土路

用來比賽的土跑道

同樣的土面,被特地圍成一圈。可以想成把一條土路彎成橢圓形再放上摩托車:原本讓人頭痛的打滑,在這裡反而成了比賽好看的原因。

noun · B2

A racing track with a surface of earth instead of asphalt, used mainly for motorcycle races and also for car races.

泥地賽道