喜樂美語

核心畫面

The word is a of promenade, and a promenade is a walk taken for pleasure and in company, where being out among other people is half the point. Hold that: a stroll, a crowd, a little display. The seaside prom is the place you do it. The London proms are concerts where the cheap floor is full of people standing and moving rather than sitting. The American prom is the night students dress up and walk in.

「prom」是 promenade 剪短來的，而 promenade 指的是「為了愉快、而且是走給人看的散步」。可以…更多收起「prom」是 promenade 剪短來的，而 promenade 指的是「為了愉快、而且是走給人看的散步」。可以先握住這個畫面：一群人、慢慢走、有點展示的意思。海邊的 prom 是散步的那條路。倫敦的 prom 是聽眾可以站著、走動的音樂會。美式的 prom 則是學生盛裝進場的那個晚上。三個意思差很遠，但都還留著「走動」和「在人群裡」這兩件事。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives the etymology of prom simply as 'Clipping of promenade.' The three modern uses are three different things you can do on a promenade, each of which kept the short name.

維基詞典對 prom 的字源只寫一句：promenade 的縮略形。今天的三個意思，可以想成是在 promenade 這個畫面上做的三件不同的事，而每一件都留下了同一個短名字。

Wiktionary etymology for 'prom' (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:302984819): 'Clipping of promenade.'

Three branches

英式：海邊那條散步道

這一族最貼近原字：promenade 本來就是散步，也指散步的那條路。

noun · B2

In British English, an everyday short way of saying promenade: the wide, flat path along the sea in a seaside town, made for walking.

（英式口語）海濱步道

英式：可以站著聽的音樂會

把「可以走動、不必坐著」這一面搬進音樂廳，就成了 promenade concert。

noun · C1

In British English, an informal short way of saying promenade concert: a classical concert where part of the audience stands on an open floor instead of sitting, so tickets are cheap and the hall holds more people.

（英式口語）逍遙音樂會

美式：高中的正式舞會

留下來的是 promenade 裡「盛裝、進場、走給人看」的那一面，地點從海邊換到學校禮堂。

noun · B1

In the United States, a formal dance held for high-school students, usually near the end of the school year, that students dress up for and treat as one of the biggest nights of their school life.

（美國）高中正式舞會

原始詞典資料9 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。

Promname詞源 1

  • 1

    A surname.

promnoun/pɹɑm/

  • 1

    A promenade concert.

  • 2

    A promenade.

  • 3

    A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.

    • Would you like to be my prom date?
    • The greatest moment in my life was the junior/senior prom that we had back in April 2009.

promverb/pɹɑm/

  • 1

    informalTo attend a prom.

    • : If I read this correctly, Pop Clifton graduated from high school : at the age of 15. Awesome. Probably took a cheerleader to the prom. : Whatta stud. Stud indeed. I'm glad to be married to a man of such talent and experience -- though so far as I know, his experiences do not include promming with cheerleaders.
    • > > my prom is in about 3 weeks, which isn't much in prom time. […] but his boss treats him like shit, which really makes the money not worth it. regardless of promming or not promming, tom should really start looking for another job.

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。