核心畫面

Picture things arriving with the gaps taken out. One lands, and the next is already there before the first has settled. Rapid-fire can be thought of as that missing gap: it says nothing about how strong or how clever each one is, only that they keep coming. A machine can do it with shots, and a person can do it with questions.

可以想成一連串東西到達,而中間的空隙被抽掉了。第一個還沒落地,第二個已經到了。rapid-fire 可以想成就是那個更多收起可以想成一連串東西到達,而中間的空隙被抽掉了。第一個還沒落地,第二個已經到了。rapid-fire 可以想成就是那個消失的空隙。它不說每一個有多強、多聰明,只說它們一個接一個不停地來。機器可以這樣送出子彈,人也可以這樣丟出問題。

Two branches

機器一發接一發

這一族是最具體的畫面:一發打完,不必停下來裝填,下一發就到。

adjective · B2

A rapid-fire gun is one that fires shot after shot quickly, without having to be reloaded between them.

連發的(槍砲)

話一句接一句

同一個「沒有空隙」的畫面搬到說話上:問題和笑話取代了子彈的位置。這是一種理解方式,不是在說哪個意思先出現。

adjective · B2

Rapid-fire questions, jokes, comments and so on come one straight after another, with almost no gap between them.

連珠炮式的