核心畫面

One way to hold this word: a face pulled out of its own shape for a second, like a mask dropping over it and lifting again. Something hurts, or tastes bitter, or lands badly, and the features bunch up before the person can decide anything. Then the face comes back. Both uses are that same moment — one names the pulling, the other names the face it leaves.

可以想成:一張臉被扯出原本的樣子一秒鐘,像有張面具蓋上去又拿開。東西太痛、太苦,或消息太難聽,五官就先擠成一團,本人更多收起可以想成:一張臉被扯出原本的樣子一秒鐘,像有張面具蓋上去又拿開。東西太痛、太苦,或消息太難聽,五官就先擠成一團,本人根本來不及決定。然後臉又回來了。這個字的兩種用法就是同一個瞬間——一個講那個扯的動作,一個講扯出來的那張臉。

From the word’s history

Recorded as a borrowing from French grimace, going back through Old French grimace / grimuche to grime 'mask', from Frankish *grima, and cognate with Old English grima 'mask'. The mask is still visible in the modern picture: for a second the face is not the one you usually wear.

來源記載是借自法文 grimace,再往前經古法文 grimace/grimuche 追到 grime「面具」,源出法蘭克語 *grima,並與古英文的 grima(面具)同源。那張面具在今天的畫面裡還看得見:有一秒鐘,那張臉不是你平常的那張。

Wiktionary etymology supplied in the evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:645721749:15532)

One branch

臉忽然擰成另一張臉

動詞和名詞指的是同一件事,只是一個在講動作、一個在講結果。

verb · C1

To twist your face into an ugly or strange shape for a moment, because something hurts, because you do not like something, or because you are trying to make someone laugh.

做出苦臉;扮鬼臉