核心畫面

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.

punch-drunk 可以想成一個挨了太多下、卻還站著的人——但也只是勉強站著。走起路來像地板在斜,別人問話要慢一更多收起punch-drunk 可以想成一個挨了太多下、卻還站著的人——但也只是勉強站著。走起路來像地板在斜,別人問話要慢一拍才答得出來,一個念頭抓不住。從旁邊看,就像喝醉了一樣,這也是後半個字的由來。這個畫面其實不一定要有拳擊台。把那些拳頭換成壞消息、壞運氣,或一整個月睡不好,站在那裡的還是同一個人。

One branch

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