核心畫面

You can hold gale as one rush of air that arrives all at once, pushes hard at everything in its way, and then passes. It is not a gentle steady breeze and not a long violent storm; it is a big shove of wind you have to lean into. Both uses on this page keep that shape — something sweeps through, everyone feels it, and then it is over.

gale 可以想成「一下子衝過來的一大股空氣」。它不是輕輕吹的微風,也不是整晚不停的暴風。它是那種你得側著身子頂住的更多收起gale 可以想成「一下子衝過來的一大股空氣」。它不是輕輕吹的微風,也不是整晚不停的暴風。它是那種你得側著身子頂住的推力,來得快,去得也快。這一頁上的兩個用法都保留這個形狀:有東西掃過去,在場的都被掃到,然後就過了。

From the word’s history

The packet's Wiktionary etymology gives Middle English gale, a wind or breeze, and adds that it may be linked to Old Norse gala, to sing or cry — but the source itself hedges that link with possibly.

來源的字源說明是:gale 來自中古英語表示「風、微風」的 gale,並且提到它可能跟古北歐語的 gala(唱、叫)有關。這條連結來源自己也只寫「可能」,所以當線索看就好,不要當定論。

packet Wiktionary etymology_text for gale, etymology 2 (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:406281761): Middle English gale, a wind, breeze; possibly related to Old Norse gala.

Two branches

一陣強風

核心畫面的字面版本:真的有風,而且大到會出事。

noun · B2

A very strong wind — much stronger than a breeze but not as violent as a storm, strong enough to make walking hard and to damage roofs, trees or boats.

強風、大風

一陣笑聲

同樣是一下子掃過全場、大家都被掃到、然後過去——只是這次掃過去的是聲音。

noun · C1

A sudden loud burst of laughter, usually from a group of people at the same time.

一陣大笑