核心畫面

The picture can be taken straight from the words: a gap cut in a wall, just big enough to put a hand through. Both meanings can be thought of as that same small opening, met in two different countries. In Britain the opening is in the side of a bank, and money comes out of it. In America it is a doorway so narrow that the whole shop behind it feels like a gap in the street.

這個詞的畫面可以直接照字面想:牆上挖出來的一個小口,大概只夠伸一隻手進去。兩個意思都可以想成同一個小口,只是在不同的更多收起這個詞的畫面可以直接照字面想:牆上挖出來的一個小口,大概只夠伸一隻手進去。兩個意思都可以想成同一個小口,只是在不同的地方遇到它。英國人看到的是銀行牆上的那個口,錢從裡面遞出來;美國人看到的是巷子裡窄窄的一道門,門後那家店小到像街上缺了一塊。

Two branches

美式:窄到像一個開口的店

把那個小開口放在街上,門面窄到像牆缺了一塊,於是整個畫面被拿來形容店。

noun · B2

A small, plain restaurant, shop or other business in a narrow, dark space that is easy to walk straight past.

小而不起眼的店

英式口語:銀行牆上的提款機

同一個開口,這次真的開在銀行的牆上;機器嵌在裡面,錢從那個洞遞出來。

noun · B2

A machine in or on the outside wall of a bank that you take money out of with a bank card.

提款機