喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture water tipped out of a : it has no shape of its own, it takes the shape of whatever holds it, and it moves. That one property — it flows — is what the rest of the word borrows: money that can move as easily as water, eyes that shine like water, a sound that runs smoothly.

可以想成：水從壺裡倒出來的樣子——它自己沒有形狀，倒進什麼容器就變成什麼形狀，而且會動、會流。這個字後面幾個用法都是…更多收起可以想成：水從壺裡倒出來的樣子——它自己沒有形狀，倒進什麼容器就變成什麼形狀，而且會動、會流。這個字後面幾個用法都是借走「會流動」這一點：錢像水一樣說動就動、眼睛像水一樣清亮、聲音像水一樣順順地滑過去。

From the picture

錢像水一樣容易流動

把「流動」搬到錢上：資產能不能馬上動起來、馬上換成現金，就看它夠不夠「液態」。

easily converted to cash · adjective · B1

Easy to turn into money quickly by selling or trading, used about money and business.

易變現的

像水一樣清亮、順暢

借的是水的外觀跟聲音：清澈、會反光、流過去不卡頓。這一支多半出現在文學作品裡，日常對話少見。

clear and shining · adjective · B1

Clear and shiny, like water — used in stories and poems, often about eyes.

清澈明亮的

用「液體」俏皮地指飲料

故意用科學課的字眼講日常的飲料，效果就像中文說「來點液體補給」——正經的詞配上輕鬆的場合，笑點就在這個落差。

liquid refreshment · adjective · B1

Used in a joking way in the phrase 'liquid refreshment' to mean drinks — for grown-ups this can hint at drinks with alcohol.

（開玩笑）指飲料

Also in this word

flowing substance · noun · B1

A substance that flows and can be poured, like water or milk — not a solid and not a gas.

液體

in liquid form · adjective · B1

In the form of a flowing substance, not a gas and not a solid.

液態的

原始詞典資料8 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。

liquidnoun/ˈlɪk.wɪd/

  • 1

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

    • A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
    • The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
  • 2

    human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsAny of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

    • Many female forenames are regarded as euphonyms. What is and is not euphonious is necessarily subjective, but it could be suggested that names containing labials (b, m), sibilants (s, sh) and liquids (l, r) are more likely to be euphonyms than those that do not.
    • […]-able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]

liquidadj/ˈlɪk.wɪd/

  • 1

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesFlowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

    • liquid nitrogen
  • 2

    businessfinanceEasily sold or disposed of without losing value.

  • 3

    businessfinanceHaving sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

  • 4

    Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

    • a liquid melody
  • 5

    human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyBelonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.

    • /l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.
  • 6

    Fluid and transparent.

    • the liquid air

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。