核心畫面

A person who has been too close to something that went off. They are standing, they are as far as anyone can see, and yet nothing is getting through. No shouting, no crying, no answers; just a quiet person who has not caught up with what has happened. The word keeps that blast at its centre, and everything it describes is the stillness afterwards.

可以想成一個人剛剛離爆炸太近。他站著,外表看起來沒事,可是話進不去,反應也出不來。不吵、不哭、也答不上話,只是安靜著更多收起可以想成一個人剛剛離爆炸太近。他站著,外表看起來沒事,可是話進不去,反應也出不來。不吵、不哭、也答不上話,只是安靜著,還沒跟上剛剛發生的事。這個字的中心一直是那一下衝擊,而它描述的,永遠是衝擊過後的那份靜止。

One branch

被震住之後的靜止

兩個意思共用同一個畫面,差別在那一下衝擊有多重、離戰場多遠。

adjective · C1

Mentally ill because of the terrible things a person lived through in a war. This is an old-fashioned use; today the same condition is usually called post-traumatic stress.

(舊說法)受戰爭創傷的