核心畫面

One way to hold this word is to put one person at the front of a crowd with a flag held high. Everyone behind can see where their side is and which way to move, just by looking up. The person is not the one giving orders; the person is the one you can see. Both meanings on this page are that same figure, once with real cloth in his hands and once without.

可以把這個字想成一個畫面:一群人的最前面站著一個人,手上的旗舉得高高的。後面的人只要抬頭,就知道自己這一邊在哪裡、該更多收起可以把這個字想成一個畫面:一群人的最前面站著一個人,手上的旗舉得高高的。後面的人只要抬頭,就知道自己這一邊在哪裡、該往哪走。他不見得在下命令,他是「看得見的那一個」。這一頁的兩個意思,都是同一個身影:一個手上真的有旗,一個沒有。

Two branches

真的舉著一面旗

這一組就是核心畫面本身,旗子是真的布做的。

noun · C1

A person who carries the flag: in old armies, the soldier who carried the army's flag at the front, and today the person who carries a flag at the front of a parade or a team.

掌旗兵、舉旗的人

旗子看不見了,位置還在

把手上的布拿掉,畫面其他部分原封不動:還是有一個人走在前面,還是所有人一看就知道他代表哪一邊。差別只在旗子換成了一個理念或一個政黨。

noun · C1

The person who is seen as leading a cause, a belief or a political group in public, so that people use that one name when they talk about it.

旗手、代表性領袖