核心畫面

One way to hold it: a thing that used to be one body, cut open at every joint. The pieces are all still there on the plate, and each one is fine. What is gone is the joint — the place where one piece handed over to the next.

可以想成一個本來是一整隻的東西,在每個關節上都被切開了。每一塊都還在盤子上,每一塊也都好好的。不見的是關節——就是「更多收起可以想成一個本來是一整隻的東西,在每個關節上都被切開了。每一塊都還在盤子上,每一塊也都好好的。不見的是關節——就是「這一塊交給下一塊」的那個接點。disjointed 講的幾乎都是那個接點不見了。

Two branches

刀落在關節上(字面)

這一支就是核心畫面本身,還沒有變成比喻。

adjective · C2

Of meat, especially a bird: cut into pieces at the joints, so the parts come apart where the bones meet.

沿關節切開的(肉)

接縫不見了(比喻)

把關節換成看不見的接縫:句子和句子之間、人和人之間,本來也該有交接的地方。

adjective · C1

Speech or writing that is disjointed jumps from one part to the next without clear links between them, so it is hard to follow.

支離破碎的、接不起來的