看起來變大
鏡頭還在。這一支講的是透過鏡片看東西，以及那個鏡片能放多大。
noun · B2
The making of something look bigger than it really is, usually by looking through a lens such as a microscope, a telescope or a magnifying glass.
放大
核心畫面
Hold a magnifying glass over a coin. The coin is exactly the same coin; only the view has swollen. Every use of this word keeps that one picture — something looking larger than life size while staying the size it was. From there the word answers two different questions. How much bigger does this lens make things look? That is a number. And what happens when a story, not a leaf, is put under the glass? That is .
拿一個放大鏡罩在一枚硬幣上。硬幣還是那枚硬幣，變大的只有看到的樣子。這個字的每一種用法都留著這個畫面：東西看起來比原…更多收起
拿一個放大鏡罩在一枚硬幣上。硬幣還是那枚硬幣，變大的只有看到的樣子。這個字的每一種用法都留著這個畫面：東西看起來比原本大，但本身沒有變。從這裡它分別回答兩個問題。一個是「這個鏡頭能讓東西看起來大幾倍」，答案是一個數字。另一個是「如果放在鏡頭底下的不是葉子，而是一件事呢」，那就變成把事情講得比實際大。From the word’s history
The noun comes from magnify, which traces back through Middle French and Latin magnificare to magnus, meaning great or big. The core of the word has been bigness from the start.
這個名詞來自動詞 magnify。往前一路經過中古法文和拉丁文 magnificare，最後接到 magnus，也就是「大」。所以這個字從一開始核心就是「大」，只是後來分成看起來大和講得大兩條路。
Wiktionary etymology tree supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1116681604): Latin magnus > magnificus > magnificāre > Middle French magnifier > Middle English magnifien > English magnify > magnification.
Two branches
講得比實際大
鏡頭拿掉了，畫面留著。被放大的不再是葉子，而是一個說法、一個風險。
noun · C1
The making of something sound bigger, worse or more important than it really was.
誇大