喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture two hands moving at the same moment: one gives something away, the other takes something back. Nobody simply gives or simply receives — the two motions are tied together into a single trade. That paired give-and-get-back is the picture under every use of the word, whether what crosses between the hands is money, words, glances, or even gunfire.

可以想成兩隻手在同一個瞬間動起來：一隻把東西遞出去，另一隻把東西收回來。沒有人只是單純地給、或單純地收——這兩個動作…更多收起可以想成兩隻手在同一個瞬間動起來：一隻把東西遞出去，另一隻把東西收回來。沒有人只是單純地給、或單純地收——這兩個動作被綁成同一筆交易。這個「你給我、我也給你」的成對畫面，藏在這個字的每一種用法底下，不管在兩手之間流過去的是錢、是話、是眼神，還是子彈。

原始詞典資料16 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。

exchangenoun詞源 1/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    An act of exchanging or trading.

    • All in all, it was an even exchange.
    • an exchange of cattle for grain
  • 2

    A place for conducting trading.

    • The stock exchange is open for trading.
    • The old corn exchange has been converted into a music venue.
  • 3

    communicationselectrical-engineeringengineeringEllipsis of telephone exchange.

  • 4

    communicationselectrical-engineeringengineeringEllipsis of telephone exchange.

    • The 555 exchange is reserved for use by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films.
    • NPA-NXX-1234 is standard format, where NPA is the area code and NXX is the exchange.
  • 5

    A conversation.

    • After a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
    • 'Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,' went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow's pension from jihadi coffers.
  • 6

    board-gameschessgamesThe loss of one piece and associated capture of another.

  • 7

    board-gameschessgamesThe loss of one piece and associated capture of another.

  • 8

    obsoleteThe thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.

    • Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    biochemistrybiologychemistryThe transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.

  • 10

    businessfinanceThe difference between the values of money in different places.

exchangeverb詞源 2/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    To trade or barter.

    • I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
  • 2

    To mutually direct at each other.

    • The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets.
  • 3

    To replace with, as a substitute.

    • I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.
    • Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell.
  • 4

    To recommend and get recommendations.

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