核心畫面

One way to picture it: something inside a body is let out and travels away — smoke leaving a chimney, light leaving a lamp, heat leaving an engine. The word covers both the letting-out itself and, in the plural, the stuff that comes out.

有東西被關在一個物體裡面,然後被放出來、往外跑掉——煙離開煙囪、光離開燈泡、熱離開引擎。ex- 是「向外」,mitt更多收起有東西被關在一個物體裡面,然後被放出來、往外跑掉——煙離開煙囪、光離開燈泡、熱離開引擎。ex- 是「向外」,mitt- 是「送」,合起來就是「往外送出去」。這個字有趣的地方在於它同時照顧兩件事:「送出去」這個動作本身,以及「被送出去的那些東西」;哪一個意思,通常看單複數就能分辨。

From the word’s history

First attested 1607, from Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō 'a sending forth', from ēmittō — ex- ('out of') + mittō ('send'). The same mittō gives English mission, transmit and submit.

1607 年首見於英文,來自中古法文 émission,再往上是拉丁文 ēmissiō(送出去),由 ēmittō 而來——ex-(向外)加 mittō(送)。同一個 mittō 也給了英文 mission、transmit、submit 這些字,全部都藏著「送」的動作。知道這一點之後,「排放」就不再是一個要死背的環保單字:工廠排放廢氣,字面上不過就是「把東西往外送」而已。

Entry origin note: Middle French émission < Latin ēmissiō < ēmittō (ex- + mittō)

Two branches

送出去的動作

最貼近字根的一支:重點在「往外送」這個過程本身,不特指送出來的是什麼。

release of energy · noun · C1

The sending out of light, heat, gas, or other energy from something.

放出

排出來的髒東西

同一個動作,把鏡頭從「送出去」移到「送出來的那些東西」,而且特別指向汽車、工廠、電廠排進空氣裡的那一類。

pollutant gas · noun · C1

A gas or other matter that cars, factories, or power stations send into the air.

排放物

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

emissionnoun詞源 1/ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/

  • 1

    Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.

    • the emission was mostly blood
    • Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.
  • 2

    The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

    • the emission of light from the sun
    • the emission of heat from a fire

emissionnoun詞源 2

  • 1

    broadcastingmediaA show; a program.

    • All too often, such shows result in destroying any idea that the topic just _could possibly_ be serious. I also discussed with gothic friends, telling they once were interviewed by people claiming to be creating an emission about gothics... just to discover later that the real topic was sects!

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。