核心畫面

A sealed envelope with your name on the front and your week's money inside, put into your hand on Friday. You can feel how thick it is before you open it, which is why the name of the envelope came to stand for the amount as well.

pay packet 可以想成一個封好的信封:正面寫著你的名字,裡面裝著這一週的錢,星期五交到你手上。還沒打開,用手更多收起pay packet 可以想成一個封好的信封:正面寫著你的名字,裡面裝著這一週的錢,星期五交到你手上。還沒打開,用手就先摸得出它有多厚——這個「厚薄」的感覺,正好是後來這個名字為什麼能連裡面的金額一起指的原因。

One branch

信封,以及信封裡的那筆錢

一個是容器,一個是內容;英文把容器的名字留給了內容,兩個意思共用同一個畫面。

noun · B2

An envelope with a worker's wages inside, handed to them on payday.

薪水袋