核心畫面

One way to hold this compound: something is pressed against a surface and dragged sideways, and it leaves a line behind. A tyre stops turning and slides, and black rubber is rubbed onto the road. Once you can see that line, you can move it anywhere — onto a floor, onto the knees of a pair of jeans, onto skin, into a pair of shorts. Every meaning of the word is the same streak, on a different surface.

可以把這個複合字想成一個動作留下的一條線:有東西壓在表面上,被橫著拖過去,痕就留下來了。最原始的畫面是輪胎不轉、整個更多收起可以把這個複合字想成一個動作留下的一條線:有東西壓在表面上,被橫著拖過去,痕就留下來了。最原始的畫面是輪胎不轉、整個滑出去,黑色橡膠磨在柏油路上。只要看得見那條線,你就可以把它搬到別的地方——搬到磁磚地板上、搬到牛仔褲的膝蓋上、搬到皮膚上,甚至搬進一件內褲裡。這個字的每個意思,都是同一條痕,只是換了被磨的那個表面。

Two branches

滑過去磨出來的痕

這一組是核心畫面的直接版本:有東西滑過表面,磨出一條痕,差別只在被磨的是柏油路、地板,還是皮膚。

noun · B2

A long dark mark left on a road or other hard surface when a vehicle's tyres slide across it instead of turning, usually because the driver braked hard or lost control.

煞車痕、打滑痕

沾上去的髒痕

這一支是把同一條痕拿去開玩笑:畫面還是「滑過去留下一道深色的痕」,只是換成了很難啟齒的東西,用借來的說法避開直白的字。

noun · C1

A brown dirty mark left by faeces on the inside of someone's underwear or trousers, or in a toilet bowl.

內褲或馬桶上的糞漬