核心畫面

Picture a stream with flat stones laid across it in a line. You cannot jump the whole width, so you put one foot on the first stone. From there you can reach the second. Nobody stays on a stone; you stand on it exactly long enough to get to the next one, and then to the far bank. That short stay is the whole idea of the word.

可以想成一條溪,水面上排著一列平石頭。你跳不過整條溪,所以先踩上第一顆。踩穩了,才搆得到第二顆。沒有人會停在石頭上。更多收起可以想成一條溪,水面上排著一列平石頭。你跳不過整條溪,所以先踩上第一顆。踩穩了,才搆得到第二顆。沒有人會停在石頭上。你站的時間,剛好夠讓你走到下一顆,最後上岸。那種「只是暫時站一下」的感覺,就是這個字的重點。

One branch

腳下的石頭,以及被當成石頭的那一步

兩個意思共用同一顆石頭。一個是真的在水裡,一個是放在人生或工作的路上。

noun · B1

A row of large flat stones that you walk on to get across a stream or wet ground.

踏腳石(排成一列、踩著過河的石頭)