核心畫面

Picture two things with nothing in between: a missing tooth, a break in a fence, the space you can see daylight through. English keeps that hole and moves it into other dimensions — the distance between two amounts, the piece missing from a plan, the empty stretch between two events, the low pass between two peaks.

可以想成:兩樣東西之間什麼都沒有——缺了一顆牙、籬笆斷了一截、透得進光的那道縫。英文把這個「洞」的畫面留著,再搬到別更多收起可以想成:兩樣東西之間什麼都沒有——缺了一顆牙、籬笆斷了一截、透得進光的那道縫。英文把這個「洞」的畫面留著,再搬到別的維度去用:兩個數字之間的距離、一份計畫裡少掉的那一塊、兩件事之間空著的那段時間、兩座山峰之間低下去的那個口。

From the picture

兩者之間的差距

把空隙從實體搬到數字和處境上:兩邊差得越多,中間那個洞就越大。

big difference · noun · B1

A big difference between two groups, amounts, or situations.

差距

缺少的那一塊

焦點從「中間空著」移到「少了東西」:那個洞之所以在,是因為本來該有的東西不在。

something missing · noun · B1

Something that is missing and stops something from being complete or good enough.

缺口/欠缺

時間上的空檔

把空隙轉到時間軸上:兩件事之間那段什麼都沒發生的時間。

gap in time · noun · B1

A period of time between two events when nothing is happening.

空檔/間隔

Also in this word

empty space between · noun · B1

An empty space between two things or two parts of one thing, often where something is missing.

空隙/縫

mountain pass · noun · B1

A low place in a mountain, lying between two higher parts of it.

山口/隘口

原始詞典資料25 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。

Gapname/ˈɡæp/

  • 1

    A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

gapnoun詞源 1/ɡæp/

  • 1

    An opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.

    • He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
  • 2

    An opening allowing passage or entrance.

    • We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
  • 3

    An opening that implies a breach or defect.

    • There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
  • 4

    A vacant space or time.

    • I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
  • 5

    A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.

    • I'm taking a gap.
    • You must wait for a gap in the traffic before crossing the road.
  • 6

    A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.

    • Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.
    • Find words to fill the gaps in an incomplete sentence.
  • 7

    A mountain or hill pass.

    • The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
  • 8

    A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).

    • At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.
另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    ball-gamesbaseballgamesThe regions between the outfielders.

    • Jones doubled through the gap.
  • 10

    The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.

    • Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.
  • 11

    literaryThe disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.

  • 12

    biologygeneticsmedicineAn unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.

  • 13

    slangThe vagina.

gapverb詞源 1/ɡæp/

  • 1

    To notch, as a sword or knife.

  • 2

    To make an opening in; to breach.

  • 3

    To check the size of a gap.

    • I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
  • 4

    slanghobbieslifestylemotor-racingTo surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.

    • Honestly K&C could release today with like a bit more SOT buffs and they'd probably still gap a lot of the game
    • sometimes dril gets absolutely gapped by average ukraine war reddit comments
  • 5

    slangTo leave suddenly.

    • [Article title:] 'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral
  • 6

    To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.

    • The robe gaps open at the waist, breasts spilling out of a lacy bra that looks like she might have had it since her college days.
  • 7

    Of an electric train, to be positioned, or to cause to be positioned, between electrical pickup points, causing loss of power.

    • The lights flickered as the train momentarily gapped.
    • The train was gapped just outside the station, and passengers were stranded for nearly two hours.

gapverb詞源 3/ɡæp/

  • 1

    datedslangTo stare or gape.

    • Well, dey would all begin stretchin' and gappin', and den some of dem would say, with a gap and another stretch: […]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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