核心畫面

One picture holds all of these: a thick soft layer under a skin. Press the pad at the base of your thumb and it gives way. Cut open an aloe leaf and the inside is the same kind of soft and full. Fleshy says that layer is there, and that there is plenty of it.

可以想成「皮底下那一層又厚又軟的東西」。按一下大拇指根部,會陷下去;把蘆薈葉切開,裡面也是那種厚厚、軟軟、含著水的感更多收起可以想成「皮底下那一層又厚又軟的東西」。按一下大拇指根部,會陷下去;把蘆薈葉切開,裡面也是那種厚厚、軟軟、含著水的感覺。fleshy 在說的就是那一層存在,而且份量不少。不管是講人的手臂、講植物的葉子,還是講顏色像肉,畫面都回到同一層軟厚的肉。

From the word’s history

Recorded as Middle English fleisshy, equivalent to flesh + -y. The suffix does two jobs that both fit the picture: having a lot of it, and being like it.

字源記為中古英語 fleisshy,等於 flesh(肉)加上 -y。-y 在這裡有兩種作用,剛好對上兩邊的用法:一種是「有很多」,一種是「像…的」。

Wiktionary entry supplied in packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:832175863:18372)

Two branches

身上的那層肉

最貼近核心畫面的一組:講的就是真的肉,以及肉有多少。

adjective · B2

Having a lot of soft thick flesh. It is used about a part of the body that feels padded rather than bony, and about a person or animal that looks thick and heavy rather than thin.

肉多的

植物裡面的肉

把「皮下面那層厚軟的東西」從身體搬到植物上:葉子和果實也有一層自己的「肉」。

adjective · B2

Used about a plant, a leaf, a stem or a fruit: having a thick soft inside under a thinner skin, usually full of water or juice.

肥厚多汁的