核心畫面

Picture two people in a room with their mouths closed and nothing written down, and something still gets across. No sound, no paper, no gesture. One mind reaches the other directly. Everything this word does comes from that one picture; the only question each time is which end of it you are describing — the person who can do it, or the thing that travels.

可以想成兩個人在同一個房間裡,嘴巴都沒動,也沒有寫任何東西,可是訊息還是過去了。沒有聲音,沒有紙,沒有手勢。一個腦袋更多收起可以想成兩個人在同一個房間裡,嘴巴都沒動,也沒有寫任何東西,可是訊息還是過去了。沒有聲音,沒有紙,沒有手勢。一個腦袋直接接上另一個腦袋。這個字的兩個意思都是這個畫面,差別只在你在描述哪一端:是那個做得到的人,還是那個傳過去的東西。

From the word’s history

From telepathy + -ic, the ordinary adjective-forming ending.

由 telepathy(心電感應)加上形容詞字尾 -ic 組成。所以要記的其實只有 telepathy 這個名詞,-ic 只是把它變成形容詞;名詞用 telepathy,形容詞用 telepathic,兩個換著用就行。

Wiktionary entry for “telepathic”, etymology text supplied in this batch's evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:991173677:7734)

One branch

不說話就傳過去:能力與訊息兩端

兩個意思共用同一個畫面,分工只在句子裡:形容人的時候講的是能力,形容東西的時候講的是那個訊息。看後面接什麼名詞就分得出來。

adjective · C1

Someone who is telepathic seems to have a strange ability to know what another person is thinking, without being told.

有心電感應能力的