核心畫面

You can picture a medal as a flat metal disc on a ribbon, hung round someone's neck in front of everyone — a small object whose whole job is to say, in public, that this person did something worth marking.

可以想成一片扁扁的金屬圓牌,繫著彩帶掛上某個人的脖子,而且是當著大家的面掛的。它本身只是一小塊金屬,重點在於那個公開更多收起可以想成一片扁扁的金屬圓牌,繫著彩帶掛上某個人的脖子,而且是當著大家的面掛的。它本身只是一小塊金屬,重點在於那個公開的動作——用一個看得見、摸得到的東西,把「這個人做到了什麼」記下來。也因為畫面這麼具體,英文後來乾脆把整個場景當成動詞用。

From the picture

拿到那塊牌子

英文常把一個很好認的物件直接拿來當動詞用,意思就是「得到它/用到它」。medal 走的就是這條路:畫面沒變,變的是我們把鏡頭從牌子移到贏得牌子的那個人身上。

win a medal · verb · B2

To win a medal in a competition, especially at a major sports event.

奪牌

Also in this word

award medal · noun · B2

A flat piece of metal, often shaped like a coin, given to someone who wins a contest or does something brave.

獎牌

原始詞典資料6 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。

Medalname

  • 1

    A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

medalnoun/ˈmɛdəl/

  • 1

    A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.

    • Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?
  • 2

    A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

  • 3

    obsoleteA Roman or Italian coin.

medalverb/ˈmɛdəl/

  • 1

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo win a medal.

    • He medalled twice at the Olympics.
    • I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.
  • 2

    To award a medal to.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。