核心畫面

The long pointed tooth at the corner of your own mouth. It is solid, it is useful, it is yours, and once it is gone it does not grow back. That is the whole picture the word carries, and it is also why the word turns up in a saying about wanting something badly.

可以想成嘴角那一顆又長又尖的牙。它是硬的、有用的、長在自己身上的,而且掉了不會再長回來。這個畫面就是整個詞的核心。也更多收起可以想成嘴角那一顆又長又尖的牙。它是硬的、有用的、長在自己身上的,而且掉了不會再長回來。這個畫面就是整個詞的核心。也正因為它符合這幾個條件,英文才會拿它來講「我想要到願意拿自己身上的東西去換」。

One branch

嘴角那顆自己的尖牙

一個是那顆牙本身,一個是拿那顆牙來衡量渴望的說法。

noun · B2

One of the long, pointed teeth at the corner of your mouth, standing between the flat teeth at the front and the wider teeth at the back.

犬齒/尖牙