核心畫面

One way to hold this word: press your thumb into it and nothing moves. English builds several words this way — ice-cold, snow-white, paper-thin — by naming the thing that sets the standard. A rock is the everyday standard for not giving way, so rock-hard means the hardness has gone all the way to that level. Push it and it pushes back.

可以想成用拇指按下去,一點都不陷。英文有一整組這樣造出來的字:ice-cold、snow-white、paper-t更多收起可以想成用拇指按下去,一點都不陷。英文有一整組這樣造出來的字:ice-cold、snow-white、paper-thin,前面那個字負責當「標準」。石頭是大家最熟的「怎麼壓都不動」的東西,所以 rock-hard 就是硬到那個等級。這張圖最有意思的地方是它可以離開東西:被壓不動的,也可以是一個人。

One branch

壓下去不會陷

兩個意思共用同一個動作:推它、壓它,它不退。差別在被推的是一塊麵包,還是一個人。

adjective · B1

Extremely hard — so firm and solid that you cannot press into it, bend it or bite through it. It is often said about something that has dried out, gone stale or frozen.

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