核心畫面

One way to hold this word: it is a blunt, rude label slapped on the state a person is in right now — not what they are like, but what has happened to them. The word itself does not say which state; the country the speaker is in decides that. On one side of the ocean the label lands on too much drink, on the other on too much anger.

可以想成:pissed 是一張很粗的標籤,貼在「這個人現在整個不對勁」上面。它講的不是這個人平常怎樣,而是現在被什麼更多收起可以想成:pissed 是一張很粗的標籤,貼在「這個人現在整個不對勁」上面。它講的不是這個人平常怎樣,而是現在被什麼弄成這樣。至於是哪一種不對勁,字本身沒說,是說話的人在大西洋哪一邊決定的。一邊貼給喝太多,一邊貼給氣太大。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives pissed as piss plus -ed, going back to Middle English pissed. The rude verb underneath is why both meanings still feel coarse, whichever state the label names.

Wiktionary 記錄 pissed 是 piss 加 -ed 來的,可以上溯到中古英文 pissed。底下那個動詞本身就是粗話,這解釋了為什麼不管哪一個意思,這個字都不能用在正式場合。

Wiktionary entry for pissed (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:33959113), etymology_text: From Middle English pissed, pissede, pyssyd, pisside, equivalent to piss + -ed.

Two branches

美式:火大

標籤貼在情緒上:這個人現在被氣到不對勁。

adjective · B2

Angry or annoyed. It is a rude, informal word, and in American English it is a short form of 'pissed off'.

火大、很不爽(粗俗)

英式:喝醉

同一張標籤貼在身體上:這個人被酒弄到站不穩、講不清楚。

adjective · B2

Drunk — having had far too much to drink. It is a rude, informal word, used mainly in Britain, Ireland and Australia.

喝醉(英式粗俗)