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An American clothes rail counts — 6, 4, 2 — and then there is one more label below the last number, marked 0. That small tag at the end of the rail can be taken as the picture behind both meanings. One meaning stays on the tag: the smallest size a shop sells. The other lifts the tag off the and puts it on a person, so a very thin woman gets called a size zero.

美國的女裝尺碼是 6、4、2 一路往下數,數到最後還有一號,標的是 0。可以把衣架最末端那張小標籤當成這個詞的畫面。更多收起美國的女裝尺碼是 6、4、2 一路往下數,數到最後還有一號,標的是 0。可以把衣架最末端那張小標籤當成這個詞的畫面。一個意思停在標籤上,指店裡賣的最小的一號;另一個意思把標籤從衣架上拿下來貼到人身上,於是非常瘦的女生就被叫成 a size zero。

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最小的那一號:從標籤到人

兩個意思共用同一張標籤,差別在它貼在哪裡:留在衣服上是尺碼,貼到人身上就變成在形容一個人。

noun · B2

The smallest size of women's clothing sold in the United States.

零號(最小女裝尺碼)