核心畫面

You can think of one single beam running high above a road on tall posts, with a train sitting astride it. Not two rails on the ground — one rail, up in the air. Everything the word does comes from that single line: where it can be built, what it looks like from below, and what you are riding when you are up there.

可以想成一根樑架在柱子上,高高地橫過馬路,上面跨坐著一台車。不是地面上的兩條軌道,而是一條軌道,在半空中。這個字所有更多收起可以想成一根樑架在柱子上,高高地橫過馬路,上面跨坐著一台車。不是地面上的兩條軌道,而是一條軌道,在半空中。這個字所有的用法都從這條線來:它能蓋在哪裡、從底下看起來是什麼樣子、以及你坐在上面時搭的是什麼。字面也正好就是這樣寫的——mono(一)加 rail(軌)。

From the word’s history

The word was borrowed from French monorail, and it is simply mono- (one) plus rail. The same mono- appears in words like monologue, one person speaking.

這個字是從法文 monorail 借來的,拆開就是 mono-(一)加 rail(軌道)。同一個 mono- 也出現在 monologue(一個人說的話)這種字裡,意思都是「一」。所以字面直接就是「單軌」,跟畫面完全對得上。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1386032563:13986), entry 'monorail': Borrowed from French monorail, equivalent to mono- + rail.

One branch

單軌:系統與車

兩個意思其實是同一張圖的兩個看法:一個看整條線,一個看線上那台車。英文的 train、bus 也是這樣用同一個字。

noun · B2

A railway system in which the trains run along one single rail instead of two, with the rail usually built high above the ground on tall supports.

單軌鐵路(系統)