核心畫面

One way to hold right-hander: it is right-hand with -er stuck on, and -er just means the one that is like this. So the word hands you a slot and lets the situation fill it. In a class or a team, the one that is right-hand is the person who leads with that hand. In a fight or a game, it is the blow that came off that hand. On a road, right-hand has already slid from the hand to the side it is on, so the one that is right-hand is the corner going that way. Same little machine each time; only the thing being labelled changes.

right-hander 可以想成 right-hand 加上 -er,而 -er 的意思只是「屬於這一類的那一個」更多收起right-hander 可以想成 right-hand 加上 -er,而 -er 的意思只是「屬於這一類的那一個」。所以這個字給你一個空格,由場合決定填什麼。在教室或球隊裡,「右手的那一個」是慣用右手的人。在打鬥或遊戲裡,是從那隻手打出來的那一下。在路上,right-hand 早就從「右手」滑到「右邊」,所以「右邊的那一個」就是往右去的那個彎。每次都是同一個小機關在運作,變的只是被標記的東西。

Three branches

用右手的人

-er 最常見的用法:指做事的那個人。

noun · B1

Someone who uses their right hand for writing, throwing, holding a tool and so on.

右撇子

右手打出的一擊

空格改填「那一下」:不是誰出手,而是出了哪一手。

noun · B2

A punch or slap given with the right hand.

右手打出的一擊

往右的彎道

這一支的 right-hand 取的不是「右手」,而是「右邊」——手先變成了方向,字才跟著走上路面。

noun · C1

A bend or corner in a road or track that turns to the right.

右彎、右轉的彎道