核心畫面

One way to hold this word: draw a long line between two points and then ask what has to cross it. If a person or a vehicle crosses it, you get the runner, the bus, the flight. If a voice crosses it, you get the phone call. If two people stand at the ends and cannot cross it often, you get the relationship. The line is the same in all three; what changes is who or what is trying to get over it.

可以想成先在兩點之間畫一條很長的線,再問一句:是誰要跨過去?如果跨過去的是人或車,就是 long-distance 更多收起可以想成先在兩點之間畫一條很長的線,再問一句:是誰要跨過去?如果跨過去的是人或車,就是 long-distance runner、long-distance bus、long-distance flight。如果跨過去的是聲音,就是 long-distance call。如果兩個人站在線的兩端,很難常常跨過去,那就是 long-distance relationship。線都是同一條,換的只是要過線的東西。

Two branches

跨過長路的人和車

線上真的有東西在走:這是最具體、也最常見的一支。

adjective · B2

Travelling or going across a great distance. It is used in front of a noun, for a person, vehicle, journey, route, or race that covers a long way.

長途的

距離還在,但沒有人走過去

線還在,跨過去的換成聲音,或者根本沒有人天天跨。

adjective · B2

Used about a romantic relationship in which the two people live far apart and cannot meet often, so most of the contact happens by phone or online.

遠距離的(戀愛)