核心畫面

You can picture floors laid one on top of another, like a stack of trays. The word only counts the layers; it says nothing about how tall, how new or how grand the building is.

multi-storey 可以想成一疊往上放的托盤:一層放上一層,再一層。multi- 負責「好幾個」,storey更多收起multi-storey 可以想成一疊往上放的托盤:一層放上一層,再一層。multi- 負責「好幾個」,storey 負責「樓層」。這個字只做一件事,就是數層數。它不管那棟樓高不高、漂不漂亮、蓋了多久。所以五層的停車場和四十層的辦公大樓,在這個字眼裡是同一類:都是往上疊了好幾層的東西。

From the word’s history

The word is formed from multi- (from Latin multus, 'many') plus storey, 'a floor of a building'.

這個字由 multi- 加 storey 組成。multi- 一路回到拉丁文 multus,意思是「多」;storey 是「樓層」。合起來就是字面上的「多個樓層」,和今天的用法幾乎沒有距離。

Wiktionary entry for multi-storey (kaikki extract, etymology: 'From multi- + storey'; Latin multus)

One branch

往上疊了好幾層

兩個用法用的是同一個畫面,差別只在說話的人有沒有把後面的名詞講出來。

adjective · B1

A multi-storey building has several floors, one stacked above another, instead of only one.

多層樓的