核心畫面

Picture time laid out flat on a grid. Time itself is invisible and slips past you, but draw it as rows and columns — this hour, that platform, that class — and a whole day or a whole project sits on one sheet your eye can take in at once. A timetable can be thought of as exactly what the two words say: time put into a table.

可以想成一張把時間攤平的格子表。時間本來是看不見、抓不住的,可是一旦畫成一排一排、一格一格——幾點幾分、哪個月台、哪更多收起可以想成一張把時間攤平的格子表。時間本來是看不見、抓不住的,可是一旦畫成一排一排、一格一格——幾點幾分、哪個月台、哪一節課——一整天甚至一整個計畫就攤在同一張紙上,一眼看得完。timetable 這個字就像它的兩個部分講的那樣:把 time(時間)放進 table(表格)裡。

Two branches

那張列好時間的表

這一族就是核心畫面本身:一張已經做好的表。三個意思的差別只在格子裡填的是什麼——班次、課,還是任何一件要發生的事。

transport schedule · noun · A2

A written list that shows the times when buses, trains, or planes arrive and leave.

時刻表

把事情排進那張表

名詞是那張排好的表,動詞就是動手把東西填上去的那個動作——同一個畫面,一個看結果,一個看過程。

schedule something · verb · A2

To arrange for something to happen at a particular time.

安排時間;排定

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。

timetablenoun/ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl/

  • 1

    A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.

    • The timetable has been changed several times since it was first announced.
  • 2

    A schedule of arrivals and departures published in book or booklet form, or as a pamphlet, and available to travellers, either free or for a charge.

    • Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.

timetableverb/ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl/

  • 1

    To arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc).

    • I've timetabled the meeting for Monday afternoon.

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