核心畫面

Think of the layer of air that sits above the clouds and above all the weather we feel — the height where the sky looks dark blue and a big plane is still climbing. That height is the whole word. Point it at the air and you get the science meaning; point it at a price and you get a number that has gone up there too.

可以想成雲層之上、連天氣都管不到的那一層空氣。在那個高度,天空看起來是深藍色,大飛機還在往上爬。整個字就是這個高度。更多收起可以想成雲層之上、連天氣都管不到的那一層空氣。在那個高度,天空看起來是深藍色,大飛機還在往上爬。整個字就是這個高度。把它指向空氣,就是科學上的「平流層的」。把它指向價格或成績,就是「已經飛到那個高度」的數字。

From the word’s history

The source gives stratosphere + -ic, where -ic turns a noun into an adjective meaning 'of or belonging to'. So the word is built directly on the name of that layer of air.

來源資料寫這個字是 stratosphere 加上字尾 -ic,-ic 的作用是把名詞變成形容詞,意思是「屬於…的」。所以這個字從頭到尾都建在那一層空氣的名字上。

Wiktionary entry for stratospheric, etymology: “From stratosphere + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns).” (packet ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1147541812:13706)

From the picture

高到那個高度的數字

把那個高度借給數字用。價格、房租、薪水、成績本來在地面,現在被講成已經衝到雲層之上,所以聽的人接收到的不只是「高」,還有「高得不合理」。

adjective · C1

Extremely high — used about prices, costs, rents, salaries, numbers, or a level of success that has gone far past what people expect as normal.

高得離譜

Also in this word

adjective · C1

Relating to the stratosphere, the layer of air high above the Earth that lies above the clouds and ordinary weather. It is used before a noun.

平流層的