心裡的重量
這一族是感覺本身:那個沉在心裡、因為失去而來的悲傷,以及把它表現出來的動作。
deep sadness · noun · C2
A very strong sad feeling, usually because someone has died or because something very bad has happened to you.
哀傷
A deep, quiet sadness that sits in you after a loss — heavy and slow, not sharp, and it stays.
From Old English sorg "care, anxiety, grief", from Proto-Germanic *surgō — the same root as German Sorge; the word has always named an inner weight, first worry and later deep sadness.
一種看法是:這個字從古英語 sorg 來(意思是掛心、憂慮、悲傷),再往上是原始日耳曼語 *surgō,跟德語的 Sorge、荷蘭語 zorg 同源。早期它偏「掛心、放不下」,後來重心移到失去之後的深沉悲傷——但「心裡壓著一件事」這個底層感覺一直在,也解釋了為什麼 sorrow 比較像持續的重量而不是一時的情緒。
Wiktionary entry for "sorrow" (Old English sorg < Proto-West Germanic *sorgu < Proto-Germanic *surgō, cognate with German Sorge), as supplied in the payload origin note
Two branches
心裡的重量
這一族是感覺本身:那個沉在心裡、因為失去而來的悲傷,以及把它表現出來的動作。
deep sadness · noun · C2
A very strong sad feeling, usually because someone has died or because something very bad has happened to you.
哀傷
造成悲傷的那件事
從感覺移到來源:同一個字反過來指「讓人心裡沉下去的那件事情」,於是可以數、可以列舉。
a sad event · noun · C2
An event or situation that makes you feel very sad.
傷心事
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Sorrowname
A surname.
sorrownoun/ˈsɒɹəʊ/
unhappiness, woe
(usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
sorrowverb/ˈsɒɹəʊ/
To feel or express grief.
To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。