核心畫面

One way to hold hunting ground: it is the land you go out to, not the going out. A stretch of forest or hill that someone knows, returns to, and comes back from carrying something. English keeps all three parts of that picture — the known ground, the returning, the full arms — and changes only what is being carried home.

hunting ground 可以想成「你出去的那塊地」,重點在地不在動作。一片你熟悉的森林或山,你會一再回去,而且更多收起hunting ground 可以想成「你出去的那塊地」,重點在地不在動作。一片你熟悉的森林或山,你會一再回去,而且回來的時候手上有東西。英文把這張圖的三個部分都留著:熟悉的地、一再回去、滿載而歸。換掉的只是帶回來的東西。

Two branches

真的獵場

畫面照字面:真的土地、真的動物,而且通常是一大片。

noun · B2

An area of land where people hunt wild animals. It is often used in the plural, hunting grounds, for the land that a group of people used for hunting in the past.

獵場

借來的獵場

土地和動物都換掉了,動作留著:還是「去一個地方,帶東西回來」,或「那一帶我熟」。

noun · B2

Used in 'a happy hunting ground' or 'a good hunting ground' to mean a place where people who want a particular kind of thing can easily find plenty of it.

尋寶好去處