喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can think of it as a 'little leaf' of paper — one small, thin sheet, maybe folded once or twice, light enough to hand to a stranger on the street and cheap enough to give away by the hundred.

一片「小葉子」——leaflet 就是 leaf（葉子／紙張的一頁）加上表示「小」的字尾 -let。所以它不是一本書…更多收起一片「小葉子」——leaflet 就是 leaf（葉子／紙張的一頁）加上表示「小」的字尾 -let。所以它不是一本書，而是薄薄一張、頂多對折一兩次的紙：輕到可以隨手遞給路過的陌生人，便宜到可以一次印幾百張發出去。正因為它小、薄、可拋棄，它承載的內容也必然是「一件事」——一場活動、一家新開的店、一個要你注意的訊息——講完就結束，不會有第二章。

Two branches

那張小紙：傳單、說明單

這一族就是核心畫面本身：實體的那張薄紙。

leaflet, flyer · noun · B1

a small piece of paper or a very thin book, often just one or two folded pages, that advertises something or gives you information about one subject.

傳單；說明小冊

把那張紙送出去：發傳單

英文常把「東西」直接拿來當「處理那東西的動作」（email 一封信、text 一個人）。這裡也一樣：leaflet 這張紙變成了動詞——把這些紙散出去的那個行為。

distribute leaflets · verb · B2

to give leaflets to the people who live in or walk through a place, usually going from house to house or standing in a busy spot.

發傳單

原始詞典資料6 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。

leafletnoun/ˈliːflɪt/

  • 1

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesOne of the components of a compound leaf.

  • 2

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA small plant leaf.

    • The new leaflets at the end of the branch were a lighter shade of green than the mature leaves.
  • 3

    A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.

    • A leaflet had been left under the car's windshield wiper.
  • 4

    anatomymedicinesciencesA flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.

    • the flutter of the anterior mitral leaflet is best delineated

leafletverb/ˈliːflɪt/

  • 1

    To distribute leaflets to.

    • A sidewalk preacher gave an impassioned sermon while an assistant leafleted those who stayed to listen.
    • At approximately 9:30 p.m. the demonstrators regrouped in front of the Copley Plaza and leafleted the area until an entourage of limousines entered the hotel.
  • 2

    To distribute leaflets.

    • During the summer, Peter earned some extra cash by leafleting for a local pizza delivery restaurant.
    • The leafleter who takes reasonable care not to block the sidewalk, who does not become involved in incidents of violence, and whose leaflet is truthful, has the right to leaflet undisturbed.

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。