喜樂美語

核心畫面

A short, thin, high sound that slips out of something small or tight — a mouse, an old door hinge, a shoe on a clean floor. It is never loud and never long; it just barely gets out.

那種又細又高、一下子就沒了的聲音：老鼠叫、門軸轉動、鞋底擦過光滑地板。這個聲音有三個特徵——很高、很短、而且很小聲。…更多收起那種又細又高、一下子就沒了的聲音：老鼠叫、門軸轉動、鞋底擦過光滑地板。這個聲音有三個特徵——很高、很短、而且很小聲。它不是被用力發出來的，比較像是「勉強擠出來的一聲」，聲音本身就帶著「差一點就沒有」的味道。這個「細細一聲、只差一點就聽不到」的質地，剛好也解釋了後面「勉強過關」和「毫無音訊」的用法。

Two branches

那個又高又細的聲音

字面的聲音本身：東西發出的、以及人喉嚨擠出的。

make a squeaking sound · verb · C2

To make a short, high sound that is not loud, like a mouse, a door, or shoes on a floor.

吱吱響

細到幾乎沒有：勉強與全無

不再談音色，而是抓住這個聲音「小到快要不存在」的那一面，用來講差距和音訊。

narrowly succeed · verb · C2

To succeed, win, or pass a test by a very small amount, so you only just avoid failing.

勉強過關

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

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。

Squeakname

  • 1

    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsThe British War Medal.

squeaknoun/skwiːk/

  • 1

    A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.

  • 2

    gamesA card game similar to group solitaire.

  • 3

    slangA narrow squeak.

    • "I had the very devil of a squeak for it," he went on. "I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter. […]

squeakverb/skwiːk/

  • 1

    To emit a short, high-pitched sound.

    • But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before.
  • 2

    slangTo inform, to squeal.

    • If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him.
  • 3

    To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.

  • 4

    gamesTo empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.

  • 5

    informalTo win or progress by a narrow margin.

    • […] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.
    • France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.

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。