核心畫面

Picture a face a few seconds after something has happened to it — blood has risen under the skin and the colour has come up. You can see it from across the room, and it will fade again in a few minutes. Both uses of flushed keep that picture: something rose, it is showing, and it will not last long. The only question is whether the word is pointing at the colour or at the mood that lit it.

可以想成一張臉在某件事發生後幾秒鐘的樣子:血湧到皮膚底下,顏色浮上來了。隔一段距離都看得到,而過幾分鐘又會退掉。fl更多收起可以想成一張臉在某件事發生後幾秒鐘的樣子:血湧到皮膚底下,顏色浮上來了。隔一段距離都看得到,而過幾分鐘又會退掉。flushed 的兩個用法都保留這個畫面:有東西湧上來、正在顯示、而且不會維持太久。差別只在這個字指的是那個顏色,還是把臉點亮的那股心情。

Two branches

臉上的紅

這一族就是畫面本身:看得到的臉色,別人替你發現的那種。

adjective · B2

Red in the face, in the way skin goes when blood rises to it — from heat, from running or working hard, from being ill, or from a strong feeling such as anger or embarrassment.

臉泛紅的

心情上的紅

把同一個畫面從臉搬到心情上:湧上來的不是血色,是剛剛得手的那股勁,而它一樣會在一段時間後退掉。

adjective · C1

Excited and pleased just after something has gone well for you, so that the good feeling is still showing.

因成功而興奮得意

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。

flushedadj/flʌʃt/

  • 1

    Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.

    • Archer lay spread out, with one arm striking across the pillow. He was flushed; and when the heavy curtain blew out a little he turned and half-opened his eyes.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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