核心畫面

One way to hold this word: made-up is what something looks like after a person has had a hand in it. It was not simply there. Somebody produced it — out of their head, out of a make-up box, out of a pile of parts, out of a load of soil. So the word never describes the raw thing; it describes the result, with a person behind it. Which sense you are reading comes from what is being described: a story, a face, a bed, a piece of land, or a person.

可以想成 made-up 都在講「有人動過手之後的結果」。東西不是本來就在那裡的。是某個人把它弄出來的——從腦袋裡想更多收起可以想成 made-up 都在講「有人動過手之後的結果」。東西不是本來就在那裡的。是某個人把它弄出來的——從腦袋裡想出來、從化妝包裡上上去、從一堆零件裡拼起來、從一車土裡填起來。所以這個字從來不是在形容原本的樣子,而是在形容做完之後的樣子,而且背後一定有一個人。至於是哪一個意思,看它形容的是什麼:故事、臉、床、地,還是人。

Four branches

從腦袋裡生出來的

這一支的材料是「想像」:做出來的東西在現實裡並不存在。

adjective · B1

A made-up story, name, word or excuse is one that somebody invented, so it is not true and the thing it describes does not really exist.

編造的

加上去的一層

這一支的材料是實體的:有人把某樣東西一層一層加到表面上。

adjective · B2

Someone who is made-up has make-up on their face — powder, colour, lipstick and so on.

化了妝的

把散的東西擺到位

這一支的材料本來就存在,人做的事是「排好、裝好」,不是無中生有。

adjective · C1

Put together and arranged from separate parts, so the thing is now ready to use: a bed with its sheets on, a page with its pieces laid out, a box packed with its contents.

整理好的、組好的

人被好消息填滿(英國地方口語)

這一支被形容的是人,不是東西。手上的資料沒有交代它怎麼來的,所以這裡不宣稱它是從上面的畫面長出來的。

adjective · C1

Very pleased and happy about something good that has just happened. The source marks this use as informal and regional in the UK.

開心得不得了