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From the word’s history

From Late Latin physicālis, from Latin physica, from Ancient Greek phusikós, from phúsis 'nature'.

借自晚期拉丁文 physicālis，源自希臘文 phýsis「自然」。

Wiktionary

To do with the body and with solid matter you can touch — the world you can feel and bump into, as opposed to the world of ideas, minds, and feelings.

可以想成 physical 一直在指「摸得到的那一邊」：相對於心思、想法、感覺這種看不見的東西，physical 講的是身體、是實實在在能碰到、能撞到的物質世界。核心畫面比較像你伸手能摸到的一切——你的身體、一張桌子、一塊石頭——而不是腦中的念頭。從「身體」到「實體物質」再到「研究物質的物理學」，整個字都圍著這個「可觸碰的實在」打轉。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

同家族的字

physicals

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

physicaladj/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    obsoleteOf medicine.

  • 2

    obsoleteOf medicine.

    • Her father was thrown from his horse, when his blood was in a very inflammatory state, and the bruises were very dangerous; his recovery was not expected by the physical tribe.
  • 3

    obsoleteOf medicine.

    • Phisicall [translating φαρμακώδεις (pharmakṓdeis)] herbes, as Helleborum, Lingewort, or Beares foote.
    • Is Brutus sick? and is it physical / To walk unbraced, and suck up the humours / Of the dank morning?
  • 4

    Of matter and nature.

    • It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind.
    • Labour, then, in the physical world, is […] employed in putting objects in motion.
  • 5

    Of matter and nature.

    • The substance has a number of interesting physical properties.
    • Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains.
  • 6

    Of matter and nature.

  • 7

    Of the human body.

    • Insults can hurt a lot more than physical injuries.
    • Are you feeling any physical effects?
  • 8

    Of the human body.

    • to get physical
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Of the human body.

    • This team plays a very physical game, so watch out.
    • Hardy is perfect. He’s physical and monosyllabic.
  • 10

    Of a piece of media, existing as a tangible object instead of being digital.

    • There is just something so amazing about reading a physical book as compared to an e-book.

physicalnoun/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    medicinesciencesA physical examination.

    • How long has it been since your last physical?
  • 2

    parapsychologypseudoscienceA physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification.

    • "I don't mind readings and clairvoyance, but the physicals do try you."

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