核心畫面

One way to hold this word: the -y ending is a smell test. Take tourist, add -y, and you are no longer counting visitors — you are saying something gives off the smell of them. A street gives it off when every doorway sells the same magnets and the menus come in four languages. An afternoon gives it off when it is the tower, the boat and the photo by the sign. Either way the speaker has and pulled a face, gently.

可以想成 -y 這個字尾是一種聞味道的動作。tourist 加上 -y 之後,重點就不再是「有幾個觀光客」,而是「這更多收起可以想成 -y 這個字尾是一種聞味道的動作。tourist 加上 -y 之後,重點就不再是「有幾個觀光客」,而是「這東西一股觀光客的味道」。一條街散發這股味,是因為每個門口都在賣同款磁鐵、菜單印了四種語言;一個下午散發這股味,是因為行程就是上塔、搭船、在招牌前拍照。不管哪一種,說話的人都已經聞過,然後微微皺了一下眉。

One branch

一股觀光客味

兩個用法共用同一個動作:聞到觀光客的味道,然後扣一點分。差別只在味道從地方來,還是從行程來。

adjective · B2

A touristy place is full of tourists, and full of the shops, signs and attractions that are there for tourists. The speaker is usually complaining: the place feels made for visitors instead of for the people who live there.

觀光客很多的