核心畫面

Picture the ground under a hedge, cut through by dozens of narrow tunnels that cross and join and double back. From above you see only small holes. Down inside there is no straight line anywhere, and no way to see where you are going next.

樹籬底下的那塊土:被幾十條窄窄的通道鑽得到處都是,彼此交錯、相通、又繞回來。從地面上看,只看得到幾個小洞。真正進到裡更多收起樹籬底下的那塊土:被幾十條窄窄的通道鑽得到處都是,彼此交錯、相通、又繞回來。從地面上看,只看得到幾個小洞。真正進到裡面,沒有一條路是直的。也看不到下一步會通到哪裡。這個「窄、多、繞不出來」的感覺,就是這個詞真正在說的東西。

From the word’s history

From rabbit + warren, where warren itself means a nest or burrow.

這個詞由 rabbit 加 warren 組成,而 warren 本身就是「窩、地洞」的意思。所以字面上就是「兔子的地洞」。也因為 warren 自己已經帶著整套地道的意思,英文常常單用 a warren of…。

Wiktionary entry 'rabbit warren' (kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1537202722:5242): 'From rabbit + warren ("nest or burrow").'

Two branches

地底下的兔子地道

這一組就是核心畫面本身:真的兔子,真的地道。

noun · B2

An area under the ground where a lot of wild rabbits live, made of many holes and narrow tunnels that join up with each other.

兔子窩、兔子的地洞群

地面上的迷宮空間

把地底那種窄、多、繞的感覺,原封不動搬到人走的建築和街道上。

noun · B2

A building with many narrow passages, or an area with many narrow streets, arranged in such a confusing way that it is easy to lose your way inside it.

像迷宮一樣的地方