核心畫面

One picture carries the whole word: something small and alive has got inside something else, and it is now growing there. Because it grows, the trouble spreads on its own instead of settling down, and the thing it is inside cannot get back to normal until it is cleared out. Hold that, and a cut, a bottle of water and a laptop all read the same way — each one has had something get in, each one is now passing it on or being damaged by it.

整個字可以想成同一個畫面:有個會活、會繁殖的小東西跑進去了,而且正在裡面長。因為它會長,所以麻煩是自己變大的,不是慢更多收起整個字可以想成同一個畫面:有個會活、會繁殖的小東西跑進去了,而且正在裡面長。因為它會長,所以麻煩是自己變大的,不是慢慢消掉的。也因此,被它進去的那個東西不會自己恢復,得先把它清掉。抓住這個畫面之後,傷口、一瓶水、一台筆電讀起來就是同一件事:都有東西跑進去了,接著不是被破壞,就是準備傳給下一個。

Two branches

人身上:細菌已經進到身體裡

這一族的「裡面」是人的身體。一個是形容受影響的部位,一個是拿同一個字去指那個人。

adjective · B1

If a cut, a wound, or a part of your body is infected, harmful bacteria or other germs have got inside it, so it hurts, often swells, and cannot heal until they are gone.

受感染的

東西上:帶著會傳出去的東西

這一族的「裡面」不是人,是東西。共同點是:它現在帶著,而且下一步會傳到別的地方去。

adjective · B2

Food, water or another substance that is infected has bacteria in it which can give a disease to the people or animals that eat or drink it.

帶病菌的

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

infectedadj

  • 1

    Having an infection.

    • The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.

infectednoun

  • 1

    One who has an infection.

    • I = the number of infecteds, the people who are currently sick
    • Some infecteds tried to pick their way through the debris, but shards of brick cut their bare feet.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。