出去追獵物的人
這一組就是核心畫面本身,只是鏡頭從寬拉到窄:先是任何一個打獵的男人,再縮到英國獵狐的場合,最後縮到那個場合裡管狗的職位。
noun · B2
A man who hunts wild animals, for food or for sport.
獵人
You can picture someone who goes out after the animal instead of waiting for it. He walks into the wood, he reads the ground, he keeps the dogs with him, and he closes the distance himself. Every use of this word keeps that shape: the chaser, not the waiter.
From hunt plus a linking -s- plus -man: literally the man of the hunt. English has a row of words built the same way, such as sportsman and craftsman.
由 hunt(打獵)、中間連接的 -s-、加上 -man(人)組成,字面就是「打獵的那個人」。英文裡 sportsman、craftsman、salesman 都是同一個做法。
Wiktionary entry for huntsman (local kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:966269828): From hunt + -s- + -man.
Two branches
出去追獵物的人
這一組就是核心畫面本身,只是鏡頭從寬拉到窄:先是任何一個打獵的男人,再縮到英國獵狐的場合,最後縮到那個場合裡管狗的職位。
noun · B2
A man who hunts wild animals, for food or for sport.
獵人
用追的方式抓東西的蜘蛛
這是把核心畫面轉到一隻動物身上,屬於一種命名,不是歷史上另一條字源。一般蜘蛛結網坐等,這一種自己出去追,所以人就用了獵人的名字。
noun · B2
A large spider with long legs that does not build a web. It finds food by running after insects and catching them, and it often comes indoors. Usually called a huntsman spider in full.
高腳蛛