核心畫面

Side plus bar: a narrow strip running along beside the main thing. On a printed page it is the column next to the article. On a screen it is the column of links next to the content. In a room it is the two or three people who step to the side of the main group. In each case the main event carries on in the middle, and the sidebar sits next to it — small, separate, and related.

可以想成 side(旁邊)加 bar(一長條):主角在中間,旁邊貼著窄窄的一條。在紙上,它是主文旁邊那個補充方塊。在更多收起可以想成 side(旁邊)加 bar(一長條):主角在中間,旁邊貼著窄窄的一條。在紙上,它是主文旁邊那個補充方塊。在螢幕上,它是內容旁邊那排連結。在會議或法庭裡,它是幾個人走到旁邊小聲講的那幾句話。共同點是:中間那件事沒有停,旁邊這一條又小又獨立,而且跟中間有關。

From the word’s history

The source records the word as side + bar, which is exactly the picture: a bar, meaning a long narrow strip, placed at the side.

來源資料把這個字記成 side 加 bar。bar 這裡指的是一條長長窄窄的東西,加上 side 就是「擺在旁邊的那一條」,跟這個字現在的用法完全對得上。

Wiktionary entry for sidebar (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1089817779), etymology field: 'From side + bar.'

Two branches

版面上貼在旁邊的那一條

這一支就是畫面的原樣:在版面上,主文在中間,一條窄窄的內容貼在旁邊。

noun · B2

A short, separate piece of text set beside a main article, holding extra information, background, or a small related story.

補充方塊;邊欄文字

走到旁邊講的那幾句話

把「旁邊那一條」從版面搬到人身上:幾個人離開主場,在旁邊講幾句不讓其他人聽到的話,講完再回來。

noun · C1

In an American court, a short conversation between the judge and the lawyers, held quietly so that the jury cannot hear what is said.

(美國法庭)法官席邊的密談