一包紙，和那包紙的重量
同一包紙，先被當成數量，再被當成份量。
noun · C1
A ream is a standard package of paper sold as one unit: 500 sheets in the US, or 480 sheets in Britain.
一令（紙）
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 一令（紙） · 把（洞）鉸大、修光
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ream
n核心畫面
Picture a block of paper wrapped as one package and set on the counter: not loose sheets, a bundle you have to lift with both hands. That bundle is a ream. Everything on this side of the word is that bundle — first as an exact amount you can buy, then as the weight of it when somebody hands you far more than you wanted.
可以想成櫃台上放著一塊用紙包起來的紙磚。不是一張一張的散紙，是要用兩隻手才搬得動的一整包。那一包就是 a ream。…更多收起
可以想成櫃台上放著一塊用紙包起來的紙磚。不是一張一張的散紙，是要用兩隻手才搬得動的一整包。那一包就是 a ream。這個字這一邊的意思都是這一包。先是「可以買的固定數量」，後來變成「那一包壓在手上的重量」。所以講工作、資料多到做不完時，英文照樣用它——東西可能根本沒有紙，但那股沉甸甸的感覺是一樣的。From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary note traces this noun through Old French raime to Arabic rizma, a bundle. The bundle is not a metaphor added later; it is what the word named from the start.
字典的來源說明寫著：這個名詞經由古法文 raime 進入英文，更早來自阿拉伯文 rizma，意思是「一捆、一包」。所以「一包」不是後來加上去的比喻。那就是這個字最早指的東西。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:622966774): "from Old French raime ... from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma, 'bundle')"
One branch
A second word, same spelling
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ream
v核心畫面
This is a different word wearing the same spelling. Picture a turning tool pushed down into a hole that is already there, a thin layer off the wall all the way round. The hole comes out wider and smoother, and a small pile of is left behind. Someone on the receiving end of that action does not have a good time — which is the direction the slang uses take.
這是另一個字，只是拼法一樣。可以想成一支會轉的刀具，插進一個原本就有的洞裡。它沿著洞壁一圈一圈刮下薄薄一層。洞變得更…更多收起
這是另一個字，只是拼法一樣。可以想成一支會轉的刀具，插進一個原本就有的洞裡。它沿著洞壁一圈一圈刮下薄薄一層。洞變得更大、更光滑，旁邊留下一小堆屑。整個畫面的重點是：東西已經在那裡了，而它被從裡面刮了一遍。至於被這樣對待的那一方，日子當然不好過——俚語用法就是往這個方向長的。From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary note calls the origin uncertain, but lists this verb as a doublet of room, with German raumen (to make room) and Dutch ruimen (to clear out) as cognates. Reaming, on that reading, is making room inside something.
字典說這個動詞的來源不完全確定，但把它跟 room（空間）列為同源的一對，並列出德文 räumen（騰出空間）、荷蘭文 ruimen（清空）當親戚。照這條線索想，鉸孔就是在材料裡「騰出空間」。來源本身標著不確定，所以這只是線索。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:622957323): "Etymology uncertain ... Doublet of room. Cognates: German raumen ('to make room'), Icelandic ryma"
Two branches
把洞挖大、修整
這一組就是核心畫面本身，還停在工具和材料上。
verb · C1
To make a hole bigger, smoother, or the right shape by turning a tool inside it, and to clean the rough bits out of a hole that has just been drilled. The tool itself is called a reamer.
把（洞）鉸大、修光
被從裡到外刮一遍的人
可以想成把那個動作從材料搬到人身上：被刮的那一方站著不動，刮的人一路刮到底。這是幫助記憶的連結，不是已經證實的來歷——維基詞典把這些俚語跟鉸孔列在同一個字源下，但沒有說明它們怎麼長出來的。
verb · C1
To speak to someone in a loud, angry way about something they have done wrong.
痛罵、狠狠修理（一頓）
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。
Reamname
- 1
A surname.
reamnoun詞源 1/ɹiːm/
- 1
dialectalCream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
reamverb詞源 1/ɹiːm/
- 1
dialectalTo cream; mantle; foam; froth.
- a huge pewter measuring pot […] which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret
reamverb詞源 2/ɹiːm/
- 1
To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.
- 2
To remove (material) by reaming.
- 3
To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.
- 4
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
- 5
vulgarslangTo sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
- 6
slangTo yell at or berate.
reamnoun詞源 3/ɹiːm/
- 1
lawA bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
- The accountants requested reams of financial records.
- 2
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
- I can't go – I still have reams of work left.
- A large language model (LLM), the technology underpinning chatbots like ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude, is a type of neural network, a computer program different from typical software. By feeding it reams of data, engineers train the models to spot patterns and predict what “tokens,” or fragments of words, should come next in a given sequence.
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。