核心畫面

Picture standing at the front of a fast boat with the wind straight in your face. Everything loose on you gets pushed towards the back and holds that angle while the boat keeps moving. Now freeze that moment and let the shape stay after the wind has gone. That is what the two words draw: swept says something ran over it front to back, and back says which way it now points. So the word is always about direction, never about length, size or colour.

可以想成你站在快艇的船頭,風正對著臉吹。身上所有會動的東西都被往後推,而且在船前進的時候一直保持那個角度。現在把這一更多收起可以想成你站在快艇的船頭,風正對著臉吹。身上所有會動的東西都被往後推,而且在船前進的時候一直保持那個角度。現在把這一刻定格,讓那個形狀在風停了以後還留著。這就是這兩個字畫出來的圖:swept 說有東西從前面往後掃過,back 說它現在朝哪個方向。所以這個字講的一直是方向,不是長度、大小或顏色。

One branch

被往後帶、停在往後角度的形狀

兩個意思都是同一個往後的角度,只是被往後帶的東西一個是頭髮,一個是機翼。

adjective · C1

Swept-back hair has been brushed or combed backwards, away from the face, so that the forehead is uncovered.

往後梳的