慢慢走的那個人
-er 最直接的一層:做 stroll 這個動作的人本身。
noun · B2
A person who is walking slowly and for pleasure, in no hurry and often with no particular place to get to.
散步的人
Stroll is walking slowly for pleasure, with nowhere you have to be. Add -er and you get the one that strolls: sometimes the person doing the ambling, sometimes the thing that goes along with them. Every meaning on this page still has that walking pace somewhere inside it.
The source records the word as stroll + -er, so it begins as nothing more than 'one that strolls'. That starting point is still visible in the person walking and in the seat an adult pushes at walking pace.
來源資料把這個字記成 stroll 加 -er,所以它一開始的意思就只是「做 stroll 這件事的那一個」。這個起點到今天都還看得見:一邊是慢慢走的人,一邊是大人用散步的速度推著走的那台車。
Wiktionary entry for stroller (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1303868664), etymology field: 'From stroll + -er.'
Three branches
慢慢走的那個人
-er 最直接的一層:做 stroll 這個動作的人本身。
noun · B2
A person who is walking slowly and for pleasure, in no hurry and often with no particular place to get to.
散步的人
陪著一起散步的那台車
同一個 -er 換成指東西:大人推著它,用散步的速度往前走,它就是「散步用的那一台」。
noun · A2
A small seat on wheels that a baby or young child sits in while an adult pushes it along from behind.
嬰兒推車
白天場合穿的那套禮服
一種幫助記憶的想法是:這套衣服屬於白天走動、拜訪、參加日間場合的裝扮,不是晚宴的排場,所以名字裡也留著「散步」的味道。這只是聯想,來源資料沒有記錄這個意思的歷史。
noun · C2
A man's semi-formal daytime outfit: a grey or black coat, grey striped or checked formal trousers, a grey or silver tie, and a grey, black or light-brown waistcoat.
男士日間半正式禮服