核心畫面
One way to hold it: something is only half-shown. You can see that it is there, but not what it is or why — and that gap is what pulls you in. The word points at the gap, not at the thing hiding in it, which is why it can feel , , or attractive depending on what you imagine filling the gap.
可以想成「只露出一半」：東西就在那裡，你看得到它存在，卻看不清它是什麼、為什麼會這樣。這個字指的其實是那道缺口，不是…更多收起
可以想成「只露出一半」：東西就在那裡，你看得到它存在，卻看不清它是什麼、為什麼會這樣。這個字指的其實是那道缺口，不是躲在缺口後面的東西——所以同一個字，可以讓人覺得毛毛的、也可以讓人覺得刺激或迷人，全看你腦補進去的是什麼。原始詞典資料4 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。
mysteriousadj/mɪˈstɪə̯.ɹi.əs/
- 1
Of unknown origin.
- He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
- 2
Having unknown qualities.
- Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
- God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
- 3
Difficult to understand.
- Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious.
- Buttressed by clothes, walls and objects, there was the bourgeois family, the most mysterious institution of the age.
- 4
Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
- Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。