馬路上的綠燈
這一支就是核心畫面本身,字面、具體,可以用眼睛看到。
noun · A2
A traffic light when it is showing green, telling drivers and riders that they can go forward.
綠燈
Think of the moment the light at a crossing turns green. Nothing pushes the cars forward. The block in front of them is simply lifted, and now they may go. That feeling of being unblocked is what travels into every other use of the words.
Wiktionary traces the words to the standard red-green colour scheme of traffic lights and railway signals: red stops, green releases.
Wiktionary 的詞源說明指出,這個詞來自交通號誌與鐵路號誌固定的紅綠配色:紅色擋下、綠色放行。所以核心畫面確實是從真實的燈號來的,不是後人補上的比喻。
Wiktionary entry for green light, supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1009342755:20928)
Two branches
馬路上的綠燈
這一支就是核心畫面本身,字面、具體,可以用眼睛看到。
noun · A2
A traffic light when it is showing green, telling drivers and riders that they can go forward.
綠燈
允許開始的訊號
把路口的那盞燈搬到辦公室、學校或政府裡:擋著計畫的不再是紅燈,而是還沒點頭的人。一旦點頭,事情就跟車子一樣開始動。
noun · B2
Official permission for a plan, a project or a piece of work to start or to continue.
許可;放行