核心畫面

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.

可以把 garage 想成一個「把車收進去、遮起來保護好」的地方——一個給車遮風擋雨的棚。從這個核心(車會去的地方)更多收起可以把 garage 想成一個「把車收進去、遮起來保護好」的地方——一個給車遮風擋雨的棚。從這個核心(車會去的地方)長出停車的地方、修車加油的地方,甚至動詞「把車停進去」。

From the word’s history

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

原始詞典資料8 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。

garagenoun/ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/

  • 1

    A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.

    • A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard.
  • 2

    datedA place where cars are serviced and repaired.

    • The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
  • 3

    A petrol filling station.

  • 4

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationA shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.

  • 5

    A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.

  • 6

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.

  • 7

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.

garageverb/ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/

  • 1

    To store in a garage.

    • We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months.
    • Meanwhile the chauffeur who had driven them there—a subordinate member of the band—had garaged his car and was loitering about the drive in the expectation of further instructions.

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