核心畫面

Hold something solid and turn it. Each turn brings a side you had not seen. That is the picture under this word: there is always more of it than the part facing you. A ball works that way, a clever drawing can fool your eye into it, and a well-written person in a story does it too — you keep turning them and keep finding another side.

可以想成把一個東西拿在手上轉。每轉一下,就冒出一個你剛才沒看到的面。這個字底下的畫面就是這樣:正對著你的那一面,永遠更多收起可以想成把一個東西拿在手上轉。每轉一下,就冒出一個你剛才沒看到的面。這個字底下的畫面就是這樣:正對著你的那一面,永遠不是全部。球是這樣,畫得好的圖會騙你的眼睛也是這樣,寫得好的角色同樣——你一直轉,就一直有新的一面。

Two branches

有厚度的東西與畫面

這一組就是核心畫面本身:長、寬之外還有深度,所以轉得動、繞得過去。

adjective · B1

Having length, width and depth, or looking as if it does, so that it takes up space you could walk around, hold in your hand, or see from another side.

立體的;三維的

故事裡的人:轉得動的人

把「轉一下就有新的一面」搬到人身上。角色可以同時想要兩件互相拉扯的事,讀者愈看愈覺得裡面還有東西。這是觀念上的延伸,不是另一條字源。

adjective · B2

Used about a person in a book, film or play who feels like a real person, because they have more than one side and you can sense a life going on inside them.

(角色)有血有肉的、立體的

原始詞典資料3 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。

three-dimensionaladj

  • 1

    Existing in three dimensions.

  • 2

    Having depth, or the illusion of depth, as well as height and width.

  • 3

    Lifelike.

    • A good novel needs three-dimensional characters.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。