核心畫面

Picture countless bright points held together in one huge swirl — not scattered at random, but belonging to the same system. The word names that gathering: a great many shining things, all in one place. English then lends the picture to a room full of famous faces.

可以想成:無數個亮點被收在同一個巨大的漩渦裡——不是隨便散落,而是屬於同一個系統。這個字指的就是那樣一大群聚在一起的更多收起可以想成:無數個亮點被收在同一個巨大的漩渦裡——不是隨便散落,而是屬於同一個系統。這個字指的就是那樣一大群聚在一起的、會發光的東西。抓住「一大群 × 都在發亮」這個畫面,就會懂為什麼英文也拿它來形容一屋子的名人。

From the picture

一大群閃亮的人事物

借的是「滿天亮點聚在一起」這個畫面:一群同類的傑出人物同時出現,看起來就像一片星空。英文本來就把明星叫 star,所以這個比喻接得很順。

impressive group · noun · C1

A large group of impressive or famous people or things that are alike in some way.

一大群(傑出人事物)

Also in this word

star system · noun · A2

One of the very large groups of stars, gas, and dust that together make up space.

星系

the milky way · noun · B1

The large group of stars that our Sun and Earth belong to, also called the Milky Way.

銀河系

原始詞典資料7 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。

Galaxyname

  • 1

    datedastronomynatural-sciencesSynonym of Milky Way Galaxy (“our galaxy”).

    • See yonder, lo, the Galaxyë / Which men clepeth the Milky Wey, / For hit is whyt.
    • So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie […]

galaxynoun/ˈɡæl.ək.si/

  • 1

    archaicThe Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.

    • So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].
    • Grecian imagination ascribed to the galaxy or milky way an origin in the teeming breast of the queen of heaven[.]
  • 2

    astronomynatural-sciencesAny of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.

  • 3

    An assemblage of things or people seen as luminous or brilliant.

    • [a] galaxy of science fiction stars.
  • 4

    artsdesignfashionAny print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.

    • Her walls and ceiling were covered with galaxy wallpaper; it was like stepping into space.
    • Her nerdy glasses sat perched on her face, and she wore a May the Force Be With You T-shirt with a black lace skirt, galaxy leggings, and a pair of white Star Wars Vans.

galaxyverb/ˈɡæl.ək.si/

  • 1

    To furnish with galaxies.

    • […] how he struggled at one time like a desperate man fiercly ^([sic]) grappling with his mortal foe, and at another like a sanguine lover and noble minded youth, as the cliffy rocks impeded his progress, or dimmed the view he had caught of an aperture, through which the galaxied firmament was seen in its purity and holiness glowing with diamonds and saphires; […]
    • In dazzling light expands the mighty Dome: / Mirror of Heaven,—but Heaven when she doth wear / All galaxied with Stars her flashing hair!
  • 2

    archaicTo gather together into a luminous whole.

    • Let all their Vertues then be Galaxied into this one Indiſtinct Luſtre, they vvere Faithful Servants of Chriſt, and Sufferers for their being ſo.
    • The brilliancies on one page of Lalla Roohk ^([sic]) would have sufficed to establish that very reputation which has been in a great measure self-dimned by the galaxied lustre of the entire book.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。