The little word up is the whole picture. Think of filled up, topped up, warmed up: up means poured in until it reaches the brim. Someone who is loved-up is not just in love, they are full of it, and it is running over the edge into how they look — the smiling, the photos, the arm that will not come off a shoulder. The two uses differ only in where all that overflow is pointed: at one person, or at a whole room of strangers.

可以想成整個畫面就藏在後面那個 up 裡。像 filled up、topped up、warmed up 那樣,up 表示一直加、加到滿出來。所以 loved-up 的人不只是戀愛中,而是被愛裝滿了,滿到從表情、照片、那隻捨不得放下的手上溢出來。兩個意思的差別只在這些滿出來的東西流向哪裡:流向一個人,或是流向整個場子裡的陌生人。

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