喜樂美語

核心畫面

Think of the size list on a shop label: single, double, queen, and then one more box at the end. King-size is that last box, the top of the range and bigger than you normally need. Once you can see that box, the second use follows easily: when a headache or an appetite is far past normal, English drops it into the same top box.

可以想成商品尺寸表上的那一排格子：single、double、queen，再往上還有一格。king-size 就是最…更多收起可以想成商品尺寸表上的那一排格子：single、double、queen，再往上還有一格。king-size 就是最後那一格——不只是大，而是這一排裡最頂的一級，大到超出你平常需要的份量。抓住這個畫面，另一個用法就好懂了：當一個頭痛、一個胃口大到破表，英文一樣把它丟進「最頂那一格」裡，只是這次量的不是尺寸，是程度。

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最頂的那一格：從尺寸到程度

兩個意思共用同一個畫面，差別只在量的是什麼：一個量實際尺寸，一個量嚴重或強烈的程度。

adjective · B1

Made in the biggest size that this kind of thing is sold in, or much bigger than the normal size. It is used most for beds and bedding, and for large packs of food and drink.

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