核心畫面
Think of something on the outside — a word, a sign, a sentence — that points to something on the inside: the idea it carries. A red light is just a coloured lamp until you see what it points to: stop. Meaning is that thing being pointed at, the content behind the surface.
可以想成：外面有一個看得到、聽得到的東西（一個字、一個手勢、一個紅燈），它指向裡面某個看不見的內容——那個被指到的東…更多收起
可以想成：外面有一個看得到、聽得到的東西（一個字、一個手勢、一個紅燈），它指向裡面某個看不見的內容——那個被指到的東西就是 meaning。紅燈只是一盞紅色的燈，直到你接住它指的那件事：停。這個字問的永遠是同一件事：這個外殼裡裝的是什麼？之後不管是字典裡的字義、說話者想傳的心意，還是一件事情背後真正的份量，都是同一個動作在不同層次上進行。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
meaningnoun詞源 1/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
- 1
The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
- Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
- 2
The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.
- 3
The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.
- Near-synonyms: meaningfulness, point, purpose, significance, use
- the meaning of life
- 4
Intention.
- It was their meaning to take what they needed by strong hand.
- […] there was nothing in the house, what there was, was broken, the last people must have lived like pigs, what could the meaning of the landlord be?
meaningadj詞源 2/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
- 1
Having a (specified) intention.
- Well/ill meaning.
- 2
Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
- I might, to-day, have been a better, and thus a happier man, had I less frequently rejected the counsels embodied in those meaning whispers which I then but too cordially hated and too bitterly despised.
- There was a meaning pause, broken by old Stein again clapping his hands.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。