喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to hold this word: a ranger is a person whose patch is a wide, rough piece of country. They cover it on foot or by vehicle, they know it better than visitors do, and they answer for what happens on it. Every other use keeps that shape — someone who moves over the land instead of sitting in one place.

「ranger」可以想成「負責一整片野地的人」。他的責任範圍不是一個點，而是一大片地。他在上面走動，比外人熟悉它，也…更多收起「ranger」可以想成「負責一整片野地的人」。他的責任範圍不是一個點，而是一大片地。他在上面走動，比外人熟悉它，也要為上面發生的事負責。這個字後來長出來的各種意思，大致都保留這個形狀：人是移動的，地是大片的，而且他是那裡的自己人。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary's etymology tree places ranger under the English verb range (to move about over an area), plus the agent ending -er, with range itself coming through Old French rengier and Middle English rengen. On that reading the word is simply 'one who ranges'.

維基詞典的字源樹把 ranger 掛在英文動詞 range（在一片範圍裡來回移動）底下，再加上表示「做這件事的人」的字尾 -er；range 這條線往上是古法文 rengier、中古英文 rengen。照這條線讀，這個字就是「在一片範圍裡來回走動的人」。

Wiktionary etymology tree for 'ranger' (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1159165404)

Three branches

守著一片地的人

這一族最貼近核心畫面：一個人、一大片地、走動、負責。差別只在他手上有什麼、聽誰的命令。

noun · B1

Someone whose job is to look after a forest, a national park, or another large area of countryside, moving around it to keep it safe, help visitors, and protect the plants and animals.

護林員；國家公園巡守員

故事與遊戲裡的遊俠

奇幻作品把「熟悉野地的人」寫成一個角色，遊戲再把這個角色變成可以選的職業。

noun · B2

In fantasy stories and games, a character who lives and fights in wild country: good at tracking, at moving quietly, and at using a bow or another weapon that strikes from a distance.

（奇幻故事、遊戲裡的）遊俠

英國女童軍的高年級隊

這是組織命名時借了這個字，不是歷史上另一條來源。借的正是核心畫面裡「在野外、能自己作主」的那一面。

noun · C1

In Britain, an older girl member of the Guide Association: the section for girls of about fourteen to nineteen, which they move into when they are too old to be Guides.

（英國）女童軍高年級隊員

原始詞典資料11 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。

Rangernoun

  • 1

    hobbieslifestylesportsA player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).

Rangername

  • 1

    A surname.

rangernoun/ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/

  • 1

    One who ranges; a rover.

  • 2

    One who ranges; a rover.

  • 3

    A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.

  • 4

    obsoleteThat which separates or arranges; a sieve.

    • The tamis raunger.
  • 5

    A dog that beats the ground in search of game.

  • 6

    governmentmilitarypoliticsIn some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.

  • 7

    literaturemediapublishingA warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.

  • 8

    A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.

rangerverb/ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/

  • 1

    rareTo work as a ranger.

    • Just like down in Texas when I was rangering, you just keep turning over rocks […]
    • He saw men long dead whom he had rangered with, saw Pedro Flores and Pea Eye and a redheaded whore he had taken up with for a month in his riverboating days.

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。