核心畫面

Two or more people coming together in one place at one time — bodies (or minds) converging.

可以想成「人聚到一起」這個基本畫面:原本分開的兩個或更多的人,在某個時間、某個地點走到一塊兒。meeting 來自動更多收起可以想成「人聚到一起」這個基本畫面:原本分開的兩個或更多的人,在某個時間、某個地點走到一塊兒。meeting 來自動詞 meet(相遇),所以它的核心畫面比較像「會合的那一刻」——從這個畫面,可以往「臨時碰面」「正式開的會」「比賽的會師」「想法的契合」各個方向長出去。

原始詞典資料8 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。

meetingnoun詞源 1/ˈmiːtɪŋ/

  • 1

    The act of persons or things that meet.

    • Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
  • 2

    A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

    • We need to have a meeting about that soon.
    • In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.
  • 3

    The people at such a gathering.

    • What has the meeting decided.
  • 4

    An encounter between people, even accidental.

    • They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
  • 5

    A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.

    • Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
  • 6

    datedA religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.

    • You use ta give a good meetin'. I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.
  • 7

    An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

    • Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.

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 WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。