核心畫面

Picture a face in profile where the nose stops early and tips upward, so almost nothing sticks out in front. Once you can see that shape, the whole word follows: it is used about people, about dogs with short flat faces, about pliers and boats whose front end barely projects, and inside gun phrases about a barrel cut back to almost nothing.

可以想成一張側臉:鼻子很早就停住,鼻尖還往上翹,所以前面幾乎沒有東西突出來。抓到這個形狀,整個字就通了。用在人身上是更多收起可以想成一張側臉:鼻子很早就停住,鼻尖還往上翹,所以前面幾乎沒有東西突出來。抓到這個形狀,整個字就通了。用在人身上是朝天鼻。用在狗身上是那種扁臉短鼻的犬種。用在鉗子、小船上,是前端短短鈍鈍、伸不出去。到了槍的片語裡,短的就換成了槍管。

One branch

短而上翹的前端

這一支就是核心形狀本身,從臉一路延伸到東西。

adjective · B2

Having a nose that is short and turned up at the end. It is used about people and animals, and also about an object whose front end is short and blunt, such as a pair of pliers or a small boat.

鼻子短而上翹的