核心畫面

Picture the buzz in your chest the night before a trip — you cannot sit still, everything feels sharper. That feeling is the word; and because English lets a feeling stand for the thing that causes it, the same word also names the event itself.

可以想成:出發旅行的前一晚,胸口那股靜不下來的騷動——坐不住,什麼都變得比較鮮明。這個字指的就是那股感覺;而英文常讓更多收起可以想成:出發旅行的前一晚,胸口那股靜不下來的騷動——坐不住,什麼都變得比較鮮明。這個字指的就是那股感覺;而英文常讓「感覺」順便指「引起感覺的那件事」,所以同一個字也能拿來說那件刺激的事本身。

From the picture

引起興奮的那件事

把感覺借去指來源:造成那股騷動的事件本身,這時它就變成可以數的一件一件的事。

a thrilling event · noun · B1

An event or experience that makes you feel excited; a thrilling thing that happens.

刺激的事

Also in this word

excitement (feeling) · noun · B1

The strong, happy feeling you get when you are looking forward to something or when something good is happening.

興奮 / 激動

原始詞典資料2 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。

excitementnoun/ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

  • 1

    The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

    • to get caught up in the excitement
    • By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.
  • 2

    Something that excites.

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