核心畫面

You can picture an animal that has just been let out: it cannot hold still, it bounces off in one direction and then another, and the reason is that it feels good. Frisky is that , happy energy in a body. Both meanings of the word are the same energy; they differ only in where it is pointed.

可以想成一隻剛被放出來的動物:牠停不下來,一下衝這邊,一下彈那邊,而原因是牠心情好。frisky 畫的就是身體裡那股更多收起可以想成一隻剛被放出來的動物:牠停不下來,一下衝這邊,一下彈那邊,而原因是牠心情好。frisky 畫的就是身體裡那股關不住的、開心的勁。這個字的兩個意思其實是同一股勁。差別只在那股勁往哪個方向去:一邊是跑跳玩鬧,一邊是想親熱。

From the word’s history

Frisky is frisk plus -y. Frisk itself carries the idea of skipping and leaping about, so the picture of a bouncing body is inside the word from the start.

frisky 是 frisk 加上 -y。frisk 本來就有「蹦蹦跳跳」的意思,所以「彈跳的身體」這個畫面從一開始就在字裡面。

Wiktionary etymology tree for frisky (frisk + -y), packet evidence source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1018782613

Two branches

跑跳玩鬧的活力

這是核心畫面最直接的樣子:那股勁全部變成動作。

adjective · B2

Full of happy energy, so that you keep moving, jumping and playing about. Used most often about young animals, and about people in a light, playful mood.

活蹦亂跳的

轉向情慾的那股勁

同一股關不住的勁,這次指向另一個人,字典標成口語用法。

adjective · C1

Feeling sexually excited, or in a playful mood about sex.

想親熱的