喜樂美語

核心畫面

Something that has been pulled tight and left that way. The rope has not broken, but you can see the tension in it — and a rope like that is not relaxed, and it will not hang naturally.

可以想成一條被拉到很緊、就停在那裡的繩子。它還沒斷，可是誰都看得出來它在繃著。繃著的東西不會放鬆，也不會自然垂下來—…更多收起可以想成一條被拉到很緊、就停在那裡的繩子。它還沒斷，可是誰都看得出來它在繃著。繃著的東西不會放鬆，也不會自然垂下來——這個「還撐著，但很緊」的畫面，就是這個字兩個主要用法共用的底。

Two branches

繃緊的狀態

這兩個意思共用那條被拉緊的繩子，差別只在繃著的是「人跟人之間」還是「一個人自己」。

adjective · B2

Used about a situation, a relationship, or the way someone acts: not relaxed, easy or friendly, either because there is trouble between people or because someone is making an effort to look fine when they are not.

緊繃的

濾過的

這一支不是從「繃緊」長出來的比喻，而是動詞 strain 另一個平常的用法：把東西壓過濾網。

adjective · B2

Poured through a strainer or a cloth so that the solid pieces are taken out. It is used about food and drink, and often about soft food made for babies.

濾過的

原始詞典資料4 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。

strainedadj/stɹeɪ̯nd/

  • 1

    Forced through a strainer.

    • Babies don’t seem to like strained peas, even though the puree is easy for them to eat and digest.
  • 2

    Under tension; tense.

    • Ever since the fight our relationship has been strained.
  • 3

    Not natural or spontaneous but done with effort

    • A strained smile.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。