核心畫面

Picture a craftworker cutting a shallow shape out of a wooden lid, then dropping a piece of shell into the hollow so that it lies exactly level with the wood. Nothing sticks up. Run your hand across and you feel one smooth surface, but your eye sees two materials.

可以想成一個師傅在木頭蓋子上挖出一個淺淺的形狀,再把一片貝殼放進那個凹槽裡,剛好跟木頭齊平。沒有任何東西凸出來。手摸更多收起可以想成一個師傅在木頭蓋子上挖出一個淺淺的形狀,再把一片貝殼放進那個凹槽裡,剛好跟木頭齊平。沒有任何東西凸出來。手摸過去是一整片平的,眼睛看到的卻是兩種材料。inlaid 的兩個意思,都是在描述這同一個畫面,只是一個看整件東西,一個看那片被放進去的材料。

One branch

嵌進表面的裝飾

兩個意思共用一個畫面,分別站在畫面的兩邊:一邊是被裝飾的物件,一邊是被嵌進去的材料。

adjective · B2

Used about a box, table, floor, or similar object that has small pieces of a different material — wood, stone, metal, shell — set flat into its surface as decoration.

鑲嵌的