會發出那個聲音的東西
這一族直接就是核心畫面:名字怎麼組成的,意思就怎麼用。
noun · C1
A piece of equipment that makes a loud, low sound: the horn on a car, the siren on a ship, or the whistle in a factory that marks the start and end of a shift.
喇叭;汽笛
Start with the sound, not the thing: a low, drawn-out 'hoo' that carries a long way — across a harbour, across a field at night, down a street. Now add -er, 'the one that does it'. A hooter is whatever makes that sound. That is why one word covers a ship's , a car horn and a factory whistle: they are not the same machine, they are the same noise.
From hoot + -er, the regular agent suffix: 'the one that hoots'. The packet's etymology tree traces -er back through Old English -ere.
由 hoot(發出低沉的嗚聲)加上 -er(做這個動作的人或東西)組成,字面就是「會嗚嗚叫的那一個」。資料裡的字源樹把 -er 一路追到古英語 -ere。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:519793777:51173)
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會發出那個聲音的東西
這一族直接就是核心畫面:名字怎麼組成的,意思就怎麼用。
noun · C1
A piece of equipment that makes a loud, low sound: the horn on a car, the siren on a ship, or the whistle in a factory that marks the start and end of a shift.
喇叭;汽笛
拿「會響的東西」去叫身體部位
這一族是俚語用法。鼻子那個還看得出跟聲音的關聯(擤鼻子確實會響);胸部那個怎麼連過去,我們手上的資料沒有說明,所以這裡不推測。
noun · C1
A person's nose, especially a big one.
鼻子(尤指大鼻子)