A useful way to hold this phrase: a plate of , seen from above. Strands cross over and under one another, and if you try to follow one with your eye you lose it almost at once. Swap the for roads and you have the word; swap them for cables or rules and you still have it.

spaghetti junction 可以想成從上往下看一盤義大利麵:麵條一條疊一條、一條繞一條,你想用眼睛跟著其中一條走,跟兩下就跟丟了。把麵條換成公路,就是這個詞的本義;換成電線、水管、規定、流程,這個詞照樣成立。它真正在講的不是「東西很多」,而是「你追不出哪一條通到哪裡」——所以講的人語氣通常有點無奈,也有點好笑。

One branch

真正的公路

登入就可以看這一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

tangled road interchange · noun

A place where many roads cross over and under each other in curves and loops, so that from above the whole thing looks tangled.

錯綜複雜的交流道