站著,但被打到晃
兩個意思共用同一個畫面,差別只在打人的是拳頭還是生活。
adjective · C1
Used about a boxer whose brain has been harmed by repeated blows to the head over many years, so that speech, memory, and movement become slow and unsteady.
(拳擊手)因長期頭部受創而遲鈍不穩的
One way to hold punch-drunk is to picture someone who has taken too many hits and is still on their feet — but only just. They walk as if the floor were tilting, they answer a beat too late, and they cannot hold a thought. To anyone watching, they look like a person who has been drinking, which is where the second half of the word comes from. The picture does not need a boxing ring. Swap the blows for bad news, bad luck, or a month without sleep, and the same person is standing there.
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站著,但被打到晃
兩個意思共用同一個畫面,差別只在打人的是拳頭還是生活。
adjective · C1
Used about a boxer whose brain has been harmed by repeated blows to the head over many years, so that speech, memory, and movement become slow and unsteady.
(拳擊手)因長期頭部受創而遲鈍不穩的