核心畫面

Stand at the front door of a building and start counting upwards. The only question is whether the floor under your feet gets the number one, or whether it gets a name of its own and the counting starts above it. Both answers exist in English, so the same two words can point at two different floors.

可以想成站在大門口,抬頭開始數樓層。問題只有一個:腳下這一層算不算第一層?英文兩邊的答案不一樣,所以同一句 the 更多收起可以想成站在大門口,抬頭開始數樓層。問題只有一個:腳下這一層算不算第一層?英文兩邊的答案不一樣,所以同一句 the first floor 會指到不同的樓。這個詞真正要教你的不是「幾樓」,而是「數字要從哪裡開始算」。知道這件事,整棟樓的號碼就都跟著對上了。

One branch

樓層從哪一層開始數

兩個意思其實是同一件事的兩種數法,差別只在起點。看懂起點,兩個用法就都會了。

noun · A2

In American English, the first floor is the floor of a building at ground level, the one you walk onto when you come in from the street.

一樓(美式)