The whole word is visible on the page: man + , the thing that eats people. Hold that one picture — something that takes a person in, whole — and every use here follows. Give the picture to a tiger or a shark and you have the animal that has actually killed people. Give it to a plant and you have the monster in the jungle film. Give it to a person and you have the old travel-book word for a cannibal. Point it at a woman as a joke and the men she dates are the ones being swallowed. Nothing is added along the way; the same picture is simply handed to a new owner.
這個字的組成整個攤在表面上：man（人）加 eater（吃的那個），也就是「吃人的東西」。抓住這一個畫面就好——某個東西把一個人整個吞進去。接下來只是把這個畫面交給不同的對象。交給老虎或鯊魚，就是真的吃過人的那隻猛獸。交給植物，就是叢林電影裡那株怪花。交給人，就是舊遊記裡講吃人肉的人。開玩笑地指向一個女人，被吞掉的就換成那些跟她交往的男人。過程中沒有加進新東西，只是同一個畫面換了主人。
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