從鍋柄到地圖
登入就可以看這一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
handle of a pan · noun
The handle of a pan — the long part at the side of a cooking pan that you hold to lift it or move it.
鍋柄
這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “panhandle”
- 1panhandle · handle of a pan鍋柄Look down at a cooking pan: a wide round body, and one thin straight piece running out from its side.
- 2panhandle · ask passers-by for money在街頭向路人要錢One person staying in a busy public place — a station door, a bus stop, a street corner — asking the people…
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panhandle · handle of a pan
nounLook down at a cooking pan: a wide round body, and one thin straight piece running out from its side. That thin piece is the handle. English keeps that kitchen shape and lends it to anything built the same way — one big area with a long narrow strip running out of it. On a map of the United States, that strip is a piece of land, and it gets the same name.
可以想成從上面看一支平底鍋：中間是圓圓的一大塊，旁邊伸出一根細細直直的東西，那一根就是把手。panhandle 講的一直是這個形狀關係：一塊大的，旁邊接出一條細長的。英文把這個廚房裡的小形狀借去看地圖，所以美國那些從州界細細伸出去的地帶，也叫 panhandle。
From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary entry gives the noun's origin as pan + handle, which is the shape the map use still rests on.
資料裡的 Wiktionary 條目把這個名詞的來源記成 pan + handle，也就是「鍋子的把手」。這條線索直接解釋了地圖上的用法：地圖那個意思到今天靠的還是同一個形狀。
Wiktionary, "panhandle" (etymology 1)
One branch
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panhandle · ask passers-by for money
verbOne person staying in a busy public place — a station door, a bus stop, a street corner — asking the people who walk past for small money, a few coins at a time.
可以想成一個人待在人來人往的地方：車站門口、公車站、路口。他對走過去的人開口，一次要一點零錢。panhandle 這個動詞講的就是這個畫面：在公共場合、向陌生人、一次一點點。
From the word’s history
The packet records this verb as a probable back-formation from panhandler, the name for the person. Where the pan in that older word came from is not stated in the packet, so no story about holding out a pan is claimed here.
資料把這個動詞記成「可能是從 panhandler 反推出來的」：先有 panhandler（在街頭要錢的人）這個名稱，動詞才跟著出現。至於 panhandler 裡的 pan 是哪裡來的，手上的資料沒有交代，所以這裡不講「拿著鍋子要錢」那種故事。也因為這樣，它跟地形的 panhandle 被分開當成兩條路來處理。
Wiktionary, "panhandle" (etymology 2)