核心畫面

One way to hold the word: something that has taken in as much as it can hold. Press it and water runs out; step on it and it gives way; it has gone soft and lost its shape. Everything soppy does grows out of that soaked thing — sometimes what it is soaked in is water, and sometimes it is feeling.

可以想成一塊泡到不能再泡的東西:吸飽了水,捏一下就滴,踩上去會滲出來,整個軟掉沒有形狀。soppy 的各種用法都像從更多收起可以想成一塊泡到不能再泡的東西:吸飽了水,捏一下就滴,踩上去會滲出來,整個軟掉沒有形狀。soppy 的各種用法都像從這塊濕透的東西長出來——有時候泡著它的是水,有時候是感情。

From the word’s history

From sop, a piece of bread dipped in liquid, plus -y. The word has meant soaked from the start. Wiktionary notes that despite the similar sound and meaning, the emotional sense is not etymologically related to sappy.

來自 sop(泡在湯汁或牛奶裡的麵包)加上 -y,所以這個字一開始講的就是「吸飽了水」。來源另外提醒一點:雖然 sappy 聽起來很像、意思也接近,但那個「多愁善感」的意思和 sappy 在字源上沒有關係。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract) soppy: 'From sop + y. In sense 2, unrelated etymologically to sappy (excessively emotional).' source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1399814559

Two branches

真的濕透了

核心畫面的字面版本,也是這個字最早的意思。

adjective · C2

Very wet — soaked right through, so that water comes out if you press it or walk on it.

濕透的

被感情泡軟了

把泡水那張畫面搬到感情上。東西泡久了會軟掉、沒形狀,一段話、一部片、一個人也可能被感情泡到失去骨架。這是幫助理解的比喻,不是說歷史上真的先有水再有感情。

adjective · C1

Showing love or strong feelings in a way that other people find silly, weak or far too sweet.

肉麻的;煽情的