可以握住轉的圓凸物
這一族最貼近原本的畫面:凸出來的圓塊,剛好給手用。
knob (handle/dial) · noun · C1
A round handle that you turn to open a door, or a round control that you turn on a machine, such as a television.
旋鈕/圓把
One way to picture it: a small rounded lump sticking out from a flat surface — something your hand can close around and turn, or something you could pinch off in one piece.
From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe meaning "knob, knot in wood, bud" — one of the English kn- words for lumps and bumps (knot, knuckle, knoll).
這個字來自中古英語 knobbe,再往上是中古低地德語 knobbe,本來指「木頭上的節瘤、芽苞」——就是樹幹上凸起的那一小團。英語裡一整組 kn- 開頭的字(knot 結、knuckle 指節、knoll 小丘)都帶著「鼓起的一小塊」這個味道,knob 是其中一員。所以現代的「門把」其實是從「木頭上的疙瘩」這個很具體的畫面長出來的。
Wiktionary — knob (Middle English knobbe < Middle Low German knobbe "knob, knot in wood, bud"; cf. Proto-Germanic *knappô)
Three branches
可以握住轉的圓凸物
這一族最貼近原本的畫面:凸出來的圓塊,剛好給手用。
knob (handle/dial) · noun · C1
A round handle that you turn to open a door, or a round control that you turn on a machine, such as a television.
旋鈕/圓把
一小塊東西
把「圓鼓鼓的一小坨」從門上移到桌上:形狀還在,只是這次是可以吃的。
knob (small lump) · noun · C1
A small, round piece of something, especially butter.
一小塊
粗話與孩子的口頭禪
形狀的聯想還在(凸出的一塊),但用法已經整個跳到粗俗語域,跟門把、奶油不是同一個場合的字。
knob (vulgar: penis) · noun · C1
A rude informal word for a penis.
陰莖
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。
knobnoun/nɒb/
A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
geographynatural-sciencesA prominent rounded hill.
slangA woman's breast.
slangThe penis; dick.
derogatoryslangThe penis; dick.
vulgarslangThe clitoris.
cookingfoodlifestyleA dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
slangA freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
knobverb/nɒb/
protrude
furnish or produce with a knob, knobble
vulgarslangTo have sex with.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。