核心畫面

Two words together and hung in front of a noun, like a label on a box: this one is built for speed. The label says what the thing is for, not how fast it is moving right now - a high-speed train standing at the platform is still a high-speed train.

high-speed 的核心畫面可以想成:兩個字用連字號夾在一起,掛在名詞前面,像貼在箱子上的一張標籤,上面寫著「這更多收起high-speed 的核心畫面可以想成:兩個字用連字號夾在一起,掛在名詞前面,像貼在箱子上的一張標籤,上面寫著「這台是為了快而做的」。標籤說的是用途,不是此刻的速度——高鐵停在月台上,它還是 high-speed train。要講速度本身的時候,英文就換個形狀說 at high speed,連字號通常也就不見了。

Two branches

為了快而設計的

這就是核心那張標籤本身,掛在列車、網路、相機、機器上都一樣。

adjective · B1

Built or designed to move, work, or send information much faster than usual — used about things like trains, roads, cameras, machines and internet connections.

高速的

綁死的說法:警方追車

這一個不是新的意思,而是一個固定說法:這組字整包一起用,意思屬於整句,不屬於 high-speed 本身。

adjective · B2

A high-speed chase is a situation in which police drive very fast after a car, trying to make the driver stop.

(警方的)高速追逐