核心畫面

Picture something measured from one end to the other, with nothing trimmed off either end. The thing being measured is usually a person. A full-length mirror gives you your shoes as well as your face; a full-length dress runs the same distance in cloth; a person lying full-length takes up every they have. When the thing being measured is a film or an album instead of a body, the idea does not change: you are getting the whole of it, not a short version.

可以想成一件東西從這一端量到另一端,兩頭都沒有被切掉。被量的通常是一個人。a full-length mirror 更多收起可以想成一件東西從這一端量到另一端,兩頭都沒有被切掉。被量的通常是一個人。a full-length mirror 照得到臉,也照得到鞋子;a full-length dress 用布走完同樣這段距離;一個人 lying full-length,就是把自己的每一公分都攤開來。被量的換成電影或專輯時,想法還是一樣:你拿到的是完整的那一個,不是剪短的版本。

From the word’s history

The word is simply full plus length: the whole of the length, not a part of it. That literal make-up is still exactly what every use of the word does.

這個字就是 full(滿的、完整的)加上 length(長度)拼起來的:整個長度都在,不是其中一段。這個字面組合到今天仍然說明了它所有的用法。

Wiktionary entry for full-length, etymology_text supplied in this packet: From full + length.

Three branches

從頭到腳的整個人

這一組量的是站著的人:畫面、衣服、畫作都一路走到腳底為止,沒有在胸口或膝蓋停下來。

adjective · B2

Showing the whole of a person, from head to feet, with nothing cut off. It is used about mirrors, photographs, portraits and other pictures.

全身的

身體伸展到最長

一樣是量一個人的全長,只是這個人不再站著:他把自己攤平或撲出去,讓身體實際佔滿那段長度。

r · C1

Lying flat with your body straight and your legs stretched out, so that you take up your whole length.

直挺挺地攤平

作品沒有被縮短

被量的東西從身體換成一部作品:同樣是兩頭都沒有被切掉,所以你拿到的是完整的那一個版本。

adjective · B2

Of a play, book, film, album or similar work: as long as that kind of work normally is, rather than a short version, a sample, or one part of a longer thing.

完整長度的