負責炸的那個東西
-er 的第一條路:做這件事的東西。
noun · B1
A machine or container used for frying food. Most hold hot oil, like the ones in a restaurant kitchen; an air fryer does the job with hot air instead.
油炸鍋;炸鍋
Stand in front of a tank of hot oil with a wire basket hanging over it. Two things in that scene can be called the fryer: the tank that does the frying, and the young chicken waiting to go in. The ending -er points at both — the thing that fries, and the thing fit to be fried.
From fry + -er. The suffix is recorded with two readings here: the agent (the thing that fries) and the patient (the thing suitable to be fried).
字源記為 fry 加上 -er,而且來源明說 -er 在這個字上有兩種讀法:一種是施事者(負責炸的那個),一種是受事者(適合被炸的那個)。這兩條路各自長出一個今天還在用的意思。
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Two branches
負責炸的那個東西
-er 的第一條路:做這件事的東西。
noun · B1
A machine or container used for frying food. Most hold hot oil, like the ones in a restaurant kitchen; an air fryer does the job with hot air instead.
油炸鍋;炸鍋
適合被炸的那一隻
-er 的第二條路:不是做這件事的,而是適合被這樣處理的。這一支不是從「機器」比喻出來的,兩者是同一個字尾的兩種讀法。
noun · B2
In American English, a fryer is a young chicken raised to be small and tender, so that it is good for frying. Shops sell it under that name, usually as a small whole bird.
肉雞(適合油炸的小雞)