核心畫面

Something that harms you from the inside once it gets in — you eat it, breathe it, or touch it, and it starts doing damage.

一樣東西本身帶著「進到身體裡就會壞事」的性質。它不是像刀子那樣從外面砍你,而是要先進去——吃下去、吸進去、碰到皮膚—更多收起一樣東西本身帶著「進到身體裡就會壞事」的性質。它不是像刀子那樣從外面砍你,而是要先進去——吃下去、吸進去、碰到皮膚——然後在裡面慢慢起作用。這個「悄悄滲入、由內破壞」的感覺,就是這個字從蘑菇、蛇一路走到人和氣氛的那條線。

Two branches

真的有毒

字面義:物理上含毒、會致病致死。

poisonous · adjective · B1

Containing poison, or producing poison, so that it can make a person or an animal very ill, or even kill them, if they eat it, breathe it, or touch it.

有毒的

讓人不舒服的氣氛與人

把「進到體內、由內破壞」整個搬到心理層面:傷害的不是身體,是人的感受和關係,但那種悄悄滲透、待久了就壞掉的過程一模一樣。

hostile atmosphere · adjective · B2

Used about a place, a mood, or a relationship that is full of angry, unfriendly feelings, so that being in it feels unpleasant.

充滿敵意的

原始詞典資料3 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。

poisonousadj/ˈpɔɪzənəs/

  • 1

    Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.

    • While highly poisonous to dogs, this substance is completely harmless if ingested by humans.
    • Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's poiſ'nous leaf.
  • 2

    Of an animal such as a snake or spider, or parts of its body: producing a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting poison.

    • Poisonous snakes should only be handled by experienced professionals.
    • SERPENT … either that which is not poiſonous: or that which is counted poiſonous, having two long, hollow, moveable teeth, …
  • 3

    Negative, harmful.

    • He didn't want to end up like his grandfather, bitter and intractable, consumed in his hatred like an addict on haze — a poisonous attitude that would possess him all his remaining years.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。