喜樂美語

核心畫面

An animal's foot — a cat's, a dog's, a bear's. Soft pads underneath, claws at the tips. It is a foot, not a hand: it can press, and drag at things, but it cannot hold them gently or handle them with care.

動物的那隻腳：底下是軟軟的肉墊，趾尖是爪子。重點在於它是「腳」不是「手」——它能壓、能扒、能勾、能把東西撥來撥去，但…更多收起動物的那隻腳：底下是軟軟的肉墊，趾尖是爪子。重點在於它是「腳」不是「手」——它能壓、能扒、能勾、能把東西撥來撥去，但沒辦法輕輕捏住、也做不出細緻的動作。這個「粗、不受控、不會斟酌力道」的感覺，就是 paw 從動物身上一路帶到人身上的東西：只要說某人的手是 paw、說某人在 paw，講話的人就已經把那雙手歸到「不懂分寸」那一邊了。

Two branches

動物的腳

字的原點：真正的動物腳掌，以及牠用這隻腳做出的典型動作。

animal's paw · noun · A2

The foot of an animal such as a cat, a dog or a bear. A paw has a soft part underneath and nails or claws on the end of the toes.

爪子；腳掌

用在人身上（帶貶意）

從動物腳掌延伸到人手上的比喻。動物的腳做不到輕巧，所以把人的手叫 paw，等於直接說那雙手粗魯、越界。這一支的語氣都是不客氣的。

hand (rude, dismissive) · noun · B2

A person's hand. You use this word when you are annoyed with someone, usually to tell them to take their hands off something or someone.

（不客氣地說）手；爪子

原始詞典資料10 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。

pawnoun詞源 1/pɔː(ɹ)/

  • 1

    The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

  • 2

    slanglifestyleA hand.

    • Get your grubby paws off my things!
    • Mrs. Hauksbee laid her hand lightly upon the ungloved paw that rested on the turned-backed ’rickshaw hood, and, looking the man full in the face, said tenderly, almost too tenderly, “I believe in you if you mistrust yourself.”

pawverb詞源 1/pɔː(ɹ)/

  • 1

    Of an animal, to touch (something) with a paw.

  • 2

    Of an animal, to touch (something) with a paw.

    • He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
  • 3

    To touch (someone) in a sexual way.

    • IronMan used to be good in this way, back in the '80s. […] They wouldn't subscribe to the old, "Let's put a male bodybuilder with silicone babes pawing him" cover that's mainstay now.
    • So, Katherine was out with Luke and they were both quite dolled up and swoon-worthy. Katherine fawned all over Luke and pawed him, but to what end? Was Stefan supposed to believe that Luke and Katherine have some sort of a thing going? What was the point of this display from Katherine's perspective?
  • 4

    To clumsily dig (through something).

  • 5

    datedTo flatter.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。