核心畫面
You can picture find as the moment a thing you were reaching for finally comes into your hands or into view — you were searching, and now there it is. From that one moment of 'searched → got it' grow the rest: stumbling on something by luck, finding out a fact, finding that you feel a certain way, finding the money or the courage you needed, and even the noun — a lucky catch you found. Whether the goal is an object, a fact, a feeling, or a way through, the word always lands on 'and there it was.'
可以想成：find 的核心畫面比較像你伸手去找的東西終於落到手裡、或映入眼簾的那一刻——你一直在找，現在它就在那兒了…更多收起
可以想成：find 的核心畫面比較像你伸手去找的東西終於落到手裡、或映入眼簾的那一刻——你一直在找，現在它就在那兒了。從這個「找→到手」的瞬間，其他用法都長出來：碰巧撞見、查出一個事實、發覺自己有某種感覺、湊到需要的錢或勇氣，連名詞也是——一件你挖到的好東西。不管要找的是物品、事實、感覺還是一條路，這個字最後都落在「啊，它在這兒」那一下。原始詞典資料17 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。
findverb/ˈfɑjnd/
- 1
To locate
- I found this shell on the beach.
- She arrived home to find that the house had gone up in flames.
- 2
To locate
- I found my car keys. They were under the couch.
- I went looking for you in the bed we share, but tonight I found you not there.
- 3
To locate
- I found you a new place to live
- 4
To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.
- Water is found to be a compound substance.
- The researchers found the two variables to be strongly correlated.
- 5
To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- to find leisure; to find means
- And in thoſe dayes ſhall men ſeke deeth / and ſhall nott fynde hyt / ſhall deſyre to deye / and deeth ſhall flye frõ them.
- 6
To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!
- 7
To meet with; to receive.
- The proposal found little support within the government.
- Among newer procedures, the Robb and Steinberg contrast visualization of cardiac chambers and venous catheterization of the right heart have found the broadest study and application.
- 8
To point out.
- He kept finding faults with my work.
另外 7 個記錄的用法
- 9
To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
- I find your argument unsatisfactory.
- I found it strange {sleeping - to sleep} in your house last night.
- 10
To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person
- to find his title with some shows of truth
- 11
archaicTo supply; to furnish.
- to find food for workmen
- 12
archaicTo provide for
- He finds his nephew in money.
- They stand idle in the market-place, not because they have not been hired, but because they do not want to be hired; being able to live like the Lazzaroni of Naples, on "Midshipman's half-pay—nothing a day, and find yourself."
- 13
lawTo determine or judge.
- The jury finds for the defendant.
- 14
ball-gamesgameshobbiesTo successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- Peters finds Jinkins, who is running down the left wing.
- Van Persie scored a hat-trick against Wigan on Saturday and should have found the net again after Bendtner found him at the far post but the Dutchman's header rebounded to safety off the crossbar.
- 15
hobbieshuntinglifestyleTo discover game.
- They found at once, and there was a short sharp run, during which Linda and Tony, both in a somewhat showing-off mood, rode side by side over the stone walls.
findnoun/ˈfɑjnd/
- 1
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
- One of the most exciting finds made by Chinese archaeologists within the last twenty years are the sites located in Inner Mongolia and Liaoning Province, particularly the Neolithic Hung-shan culture (c. 3500-2500 B.C.E.).
- Shepard: How did you get these things to your father? Tali: Sometimes I left packages at secure drops in civilized areas. Someone on Pilgrimage would see that it was shipped home. Tali: For very valuable finds, I'd signal home, and Father would send a small ship.
- 2
The act of finding.
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。