人:對小事不放過
核心畫面落在人身上:那股細碎的講究變成一個人難不難搞。
hard to please · adjective · C2
Hard to please, because you care a lot about small details that most people do not think matter.
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核心畫面
You can think of it as: someone paying anxious attention to small details that most people would just let go. The energy is small, busy, and slightly too much — over a plate of food, over a cushion's position, over the exact way a knot is tied.
一種對「小地方」放不下的、細碎又帶點焦躁的注意力。別人看一眼就過去的東西——菜裡有沒有洋蔥、抱枕擺得正不正、線頭有沒…更多收起
一種對「小地方」放不下的、細碎又帶點焦躁的注意力。別人看一眼就過去的東西——菜裡有沒有洋蔥、抱枕擺得正不正、線頭有沒有藏好——這個人偏偏卡在那裡,而且卡得有點多。fuss 本來就是那種為小事忙成一團、嘀嘀咕咕的樣子,加上 -y 就成了「帶著這種氣味的」。所以不管講的是人、是東西、還是動作,底下都是同一種過度講究小處的感覺,而且說的人通常有點受不了。From the word’s history
fussy = fuss + -y; fuss is the noisy, anxious bother made over something small, and -y turns it into 'having that quality'.
fussy 就是 fuss(為小事張羅、大驚小怪的那股勁)加上形容詞字尾 -y,字面上是「帶著那股勁的」。知道這一層會很好記:所有用法都繞著 fuss 那個「小事被放大、周圍的人有點煩」的畫面轉,不是單純的「仔細」。
Wiktionary 詞源樹(English fuss + -y)
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東西:小裝飾太多
同樣的細碎感從人移到物:講究的痕跡多到疊在表面上,看的人覺得雜。
overly decorated · adjective · C2
Having too many small decorations — used about clothes, rooms, or objects when you do not like that busy look.
過於花俏
動作:細碎而拘謹
細碎感落在身體的動作上,看得見那股放不下的緊。
fidgety/precise movements · adjective · C2
Done with small, exact, careful movements, sometimes because the person feels nervous.
瑣碎拘謹
原始詞典資料6 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。
Fussyname
- 1
A commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
- 2
A surname from French.
- 3
A surname from German.
fussyadj/ˈfʌ.si/
- 1
Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
- It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
- 2
Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
- 3
Having much unnecessary detail or decoration.
- The internal decor of the SR-built Bulleid corridor stock was noticeably cleaner and less fussy than that of prewar coaches.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。