存放車輛(車庫·停車場)
最貼近核心的一群:都是「把車收進去、放好」的空間,只是規模與擁有者不同——從自家的小車庫,到公共的大型停車場,再到把這個動作變成動詞。
garage (private) · noun · A2
A small building next to or joined to a house, used for keeping a car in.
車庫
You can think of a garage as a covered place where a car is put away and kept safe — a shelter for a vehicle. From that one idea (a place a car goes) grow the parking spots, the repair and fuel stops, and even the verb 'to garage' a car.
From French garer 'to shelter, to dock', so garage first meant 'a place to shelter a vehicle'. The idea of a protective cover for a car is the word's root.
源自法文 garer「遮蔽、停放」,所以 garage 最早就是「給車遮蔽的地方」。這個「替車遮蓋、收好」的意象,正是整個字的根。
etymonline.com/word/garage
Three branches
存放車輛(車庫·停車場)
最貼近核心的一群:都是「把車收進去、放好」的空間,只是規模與擁有者不同——從自家的小車庫,到公共的大型停車場,再到把這個動作變成動詞。
garage (private) · noun · A2
A small building next to or joined to a house, used for keeping a car in.
車庫
汽車服務站(修車·加油)
「車會去的地方」再往前一步:不只是停放,而是車去接受照顧的地方。既然車都往這裡開,這裡也就成了修車、加油等打理車子的據點。
repair garage · noun · A2
A place where cars and other vehicles are fixed.
修車廠
車庫音樂(音樂類型)
這個意思和「停車的棚」沒有比喻上的關係,而是另一條由來:這種快節奏的電子舞曲得名自一間叫 Paradise Garage 的夜店,是從場地名沿用下來的,不是從車庫的功能延伸的。
garage (music genre) · noun · A2
A type of fast electronic dance music with a strong beat and singing.
車庫音樂
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。
garagenoun/ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/
A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
datedA place where cars are serviced and repaired.
A petrol filling station.
aeronauticsaerospaceaviationA shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.
A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
entertainmentlifestylemusicA type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
entertainmentlifestylemusicA type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.
garageverb/ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/
To store in a garage.
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。