真的有液體
倒進去的是看得見的液體,泡茶和輸液都在這一格。
verb · C1
To leave tea leaves, herbs or another ingredient in hot liquid so that their taste or goodness passes into it; or, of the leaves themselves, to sit in the liquid this way.
沖泡;泡出味道
Picture a being poured into something that soaks it up. The liquid does not sit on top in one spot; it moves until every part is changed, and after that you cannot lift it back out. Sometimes the liquid is real hot water pulling the taste out of leaves. Sometimes it is real medicine going into a vein, drop by drop. And sometimes nothing is wet at all, and what spreads through the whole thing is a feeling — humour, hope, energy — that you can sense on every page.
The source records infuse as Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo. The pouring-in picture and the modern uses sit comfortably together, but the packet gives the chain only, not a translation of the Latin.
來源記載 infuse 經中古英語 infusen 而來,往上是拉丁文 infusus,再往上是 infundo。這條線索和現在「倒進去、散開來」的畫面很合得來。不過來源只給了字的傳承,沒有給拉丁文的字面翻譯,所以這裡只當成一條可以參考的線。
Wiktionary, infuse, etymology section supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1038086002)
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真的有液體
倒進去的是看得見的液體,泡茶和輸液都在這一格。
verb · C1
To leave tea leaves, herbs or another ingredient in hot liquid so that their taste or goodness passes into it; or, of the leaves themselves, to sit in the liquid this way.
沖泡;泡出味道
看不見的東西滲進去
同一個滲透的畫面,倒進去的換成感覺或特質。這是意義上的延伸。
verb · C1
To fill something or someone with a particular feeling or quality, so that it can be felt all through them. Often used as be infused with something, or infuse something into something.
注入(情感、特質)