核心畫面

One way to hold it: the word carries 'fantasy' inside it — something that came out of the imagination, not out of ordinary life. Whatever it describes has outside the normal range: too magical, too big, too good, or too unlikely to be real.

這個字底下藏著「fantasy/幻想」那個字根。原本的畫面是腦中浮現的、現實裡不存在的東西——會飛的獸、發光的森林、更多收起這個字底下藏著「fantasy/幻想」那個字根。原本的畫面是腦中浮現的、現實裡不存在的東西——會飛的獸、發光的森林、一座憑空長出來的城。那種東西的共同點是:它超出你日常經驗的邊界,所以你看到時第一個反應是「這也太……了吧」。整個字後來走的每一條路,都是從這個「超出日常尺度、幾乎像幻想出來的」畫面延伸出去的:往「離譜地大」走、往「離譜地好」走、往「離譜地不可能實現」走。差別只在超出的方向,不在超不超出。

Three branches

幻想出來的世界

這一家保留了字面最原始的畫面:真的在講幻想的東西。

fantastic (magical, imaginary) · adjective · B2

Used about a story, a creature, or a place that is imaginary, and that is very strange and full of magic. It goes in front of the noun.

奇幻的;離奇魔幻的

離譜到不可信的程度

幻想的東西超出現實;這一家把「超出」轉到數量和可能性上——大得像編的,或美好得像編的。

fantastic (huge amount) · adjective · B2

Used about an amount, a number, or a price to say that it is extremely large — so large that it is hard to believe when you hear it.

(數量)極大的

好到想講出來

誇張的說法用久了就變成純粹的稱讚:原本「好到像假的」磨損成了「非常好」。

fantastic (excellent) · adjective · B1

Extremely good — so enjoyable, so nice to look at, or so well done that you want to say so out loud.

極好的;棒極了的

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。

fantasticallyadv

  • 1

    In a fantastic manner.

    • He painted fantastically with everything as if in a dream.
    • "The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face.
  • 2

    To an extent only in fantasy; outrageously; ridiculously.

    • He was fantastically wealthy.
    • The provinces of Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Jilin are fantastically cold in winter, indeed one of the major tourist attractions for the hardy is the display of ice-carved figures in public parks (especially in Haerbin, Heilongjiang province). The long winters have average temperatures between — 20°C and — 27°C, although the short summers are hot.

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