核心畫面

Picture a set of places with nothing left over: every seat has a person in it, or every card has a partner. Stand at the back of the room and look for the gap, and there isn't one. That is the whole idea — not a big number, but a complete one, the exact moment when the last space gets filled.

可以想成一排位子全部有人,或是一手牌張張有伴,沒有一個落單。站在後面找空位,一個都找不到。重點不在「很多」,在「剛剛更多收起可以想成一排位子全部有人,或是一手牌張張有伴,沒有一個落單。站在後面找空位,一個都找不到。重點不在「很多」,在「剛剛好填滿」。最後一個空格被補上的那一刻,就是這個詞在講的事。所以它可以是坐滿的劇場,也可以是五張牌全部配成組的一手牌。

Two branches

位子全滿的場子

house 在劇場裡指的就是觀眾席那一整棟,填滿的是人。

noun · B2

An occasion at a cinema, theatre, concert hall, sports ground or other place with seats when every seat is taken and there is no room left.

客滿、滿座

牌全部配成套

填滿的不是座位,是牌:五張全部歸組,沒有散牌。

noun · B2

In poker and similar card games, a hand of five cards made up of three cards of one value and two cards of another value, for example three kings and two fives.

葫蘆(三條帶一對)