剩下來的一小片
這一家最貼近字源:眼前真的有一小片剩下來的東西,或者把這個畫面搬到看不見的事情上。
scrap, small leftover piece · noun · C2
A small piece of paper, cloth, or something like this, often one that is left over and not needed any more.
一小塊
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 scrap, small leftover piece · scrap, have a fight (verb)
A small leftover piece that has been scraped, torn or cut off something bigger — incomplete on its own, and not needed any more.
From Old Norse skrap, related to skrapa 'to scrape, scratch': the bits that come off when you scrape something. The modern core is still 'the little piece that came off the whole'.
一種想法是:這個 scrap 來自古諾斯語 skrap,和動詞 skrapa(刮、搔)同源——刮東西時掉下來的碎屑。這條線索和現代用法接得上:今天的 scrap 仍然是「從整塊上掉下來的那一點」,只是掉下來的東西從木屑換成了布片、紙片、剩飯,甚至一點消息。
Wiktionary: Middle English scrappe ← Old Norse skrap ← skrapa 'to scrape, scratch' ← PIE *skreb-, *skrep- 'to engrave'
Two branches
剩下來的一小片
這一家最貼近字源:眼前真的有一小片剩下來的東西,或者把這個畫面搬到看不見的事情上。
scrap, small leftover piece · noun · C2
A small piece of paper, cloth, or something like this, often one that is left over and not needed any more.
一小塊
拆成廢料、丟掉不用
同一個碎片畫面,只是把鏡頭拉遠:整台車、整條船被拆成一堆碎料,於是 scrap 從「剩下的那一片」變成「拆解、報廢」這件事,再從實體的車船延伸到抽象的計畫。
scrap, metal for recycling · noun · C2
Old metal, machines, cars, or other objects that people no longer use for the job they were made for, but that can be broken up and used again.
廢料
A second word, same spelling
Two people getting into a short, rough tussle or quarrel that flares up and is over quickly.
來源並不確定。字典記的一種說法是它來自一個已經消失的口語義「陰謀、勾當」;另一種說法是它其實是 scrape 的方言變體——英文裡 get into a scrape 就是「惹上麻煩」,而打一架正是最典型的麻煩。兩種說法都只能當參考,不能當定論。
Wiktionary (etymology marked as uncertain: 'perhaps from the obsolete colloquial meaning "sinister plot, scheme, villainy", or a dialectal variant of scrape')
One branch
短暫的扭打與口角
整個字就只有這一家:同一件事的動詞說法和名詞說法。
scrap, have a fight (verb) · verb · C2
To have a short fight or argument.
打架
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。
scrapnoun詞源 1/ˈskɹæp/
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
Leftover food.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
offensiveslurA Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
obsoleteA snare for catching birds.
scrapverb詞源 1/ˈskɹæp/
To discard; to get rid of.
To stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.
To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
To dispose of at a scrapyard.
To make into scrap.
scrapnoun詞源 2/ˈskɹæp/
A fight, tussle, skirmish.
scrapverb詞源 2/ˈskɹæp/
to fight
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。