核心畫面

Munch is the sound and the action of chewing something . You can picture munchies as whatever you munch: the small things you pick up with your fingers, eat standing up, and finish in one bite. Everything else about the word grows out of that little handful of crisps — including the feeling of wanting one.

可以想成:munch 就是「喀滋喀滋地咬」。munchies 就是拿來喀滋的那些小東西——洋芋片、堅果、小餅乾,用手更多收起可以想成:munch 就是「喀滋喀滋地咬」。munchies 就是拿來喀滋的那些小東西——洋芋片、堅果、小餅乾,用手抓著吃、不用盤子、也不算一頓飯。這個字的另一個用法,就是從這一把零食長出來的:那股「好想喀滋一下」的感覺,英文直接借同一個字來講。

From the word’s history

The packet's source derives munchies straightforwardly from munchie / munchy plus the plural -s, which keeps the word tied to the verb munch and to the thing that gets munched.

來源記到 munchies 是 munchie/munchy 加上複數的 -s 來的。這條線很單純,也剛好解釋了為什麼這個字天生是複數:它講的是一把一把、一口一口的小東西,不是一整份餐點。

Wiktionary 'munchies' etymology supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:758336577)

From the picture

想喀滋一下的那股感覺

從食物滑到身體的感覺:不是「零食在哪裡」,而是「我現在很想要零食」。英文用一個 the 就把兩者分開——有 the 是感覺,沒有 the 是東西。

noun · C1

A sudden strong wish to eat something, especially snack food such as crisps, biscuits or sweets rather than a proper meal.

嘴饞

Also in this word

noun · C1

Small foods that are easy to pick up with your fingers and eat while you stand and talk, especially the snacks put out at a party.

小點心、零食