核心畫面
A child with one old, soft piece of cloth. It keeps nobody warm and stops nothing bad from happening. But once it is in the hands, the crying stops. The comfort is in holding it, not in what it does.
可以想成一個小孩手裡那條舊舊軟軟的毯子。它不保暖，也擋不住任何危險。可是一放到手上，哭聲就停了。security b…更多收起
可以想成一個小孩手裡那條舊舊軟軟的毯子。它不保暖，也擋不住任何危險。可是一放到手上，哭聲就停了。security blanket 的畫面就是這個：東西本身做了什麼不重要，在不在手上才重要。一種想法是：它安撫的是心，不是身體。看懂這一點，這個詞從小孩身上搬到大人身上時，就一點也不奇怪了。From the word’s history
The evidence packet records that the expression comes from Linus van Pelt's blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts — a boy who carries one blanket everywhere. That is the picture the words still carry.
手上的證據記載：這個說法出自漫畫《Peanuts（史努比）》裡 Linus 的那條毯子——一個走到哪都抱著毯子的男孩。今天這兩個字裝的還是同一個畫面。
Wiktionary entry for 'security blanket' (kaikki extract supplied in the evidence packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1043342714): 'From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.'