這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 嘖(表示不以為然) · 雜物;破爛東西

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tut

interj/v

核心畫面

Picture the tip of a tongue pressing on the roof of a mouth and snapping away. The tiny click that comes out is the whole word. Nothing is said, nothing is explained, and yet the person opposite you knows exactly what you mean: I saw that, and I do not approve. Everything on this page is that one small click -- first as the sound itself, then as something a person does.

可以想成舌尖頂在上顎,再快速彈開的那一小聲。那一聲「嘖」就是這個字的全部。沒有句子,沒有解釋,但對面的人馬上懂:我看更多收起可以想成舌尖頂在上顎,再快速彈開的那一小聲。那一聲「嘖」就是這個字的全部。沒有句子,沒有解釋,但對面的人馬上懂:我看到了,我不太贊成。它的力道很小,像搖頭,不像開罵。這一頁上的兩個用法,都只是同一個聲音的兩種身分:一個是聲音本身,一個是有人把它發出來這件事。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives only one word for the origin of this tut: imitative. The word is a copy of the sound, so the spelling t-u-t is an attempt to write the click down.

資料對這個 tut 的來源只給了一個詞:imitative(模仿聲音)。也就是說,這個字是把嘴裡那一聲直接寫成字母。所以它唸起來就是它的意思,中間沒有翻譯的過程。

Wiktionary via local kaikki extract, entry tut (etymology 1), source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:675949455 — etymology_text: "Imitative."

One branch

那一聲不贊成

這一組就是核心本身,只是分成「聲音」和「發出聲音的動作」兩個身分。英文常把擬聲詞這樣用:先當感嘆詞丟出來,再當動詞去描述別人做了這件事。

interjection · C1

A short clicking sound made by putting the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth and pulling it away, used to show that you do not approve of something or that it annoys you. It is often said and written twice: tut-tut.

嘖(表示不以為然)

A second word, same spelling

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tut

n

核心畫面

Picture a table you cannot see, because it is buried under old magazines, dead pens, a bag of cables and a card from last year. None of it is wanted. None of it is worth much. That heap is tut. The second use keeps the heap but changes what it is made of: instead of objects, it is words nobody needs to hear.

可以想成一張你根本看不見的桌子,因為上面堆滿舊雜誌、沒水的筆、一袋電線,還有去年的卡片。每一樣都不想要。每一樣也不值更多收起可以想成一張你根本看不見的桌子,因為上面堆滿舊雜誌、沒水的筆、一袋電線,還有去年的卡片。每一樣都不想要。每一樣也不值錢。那一堆就是 tut。第二個用法把這堆東西留著,只換掉材料:堆起來的不再是物品,而是沒有人需要聽的話。所以桌上的破爛和嘴裡的破爛,在這個字裡是同一堆。

One branch

不值錢的一堆

兩個意思共用同一個畫面:一堆沒價值的東西。差別只在那堆是實體的還是語言的。兩個都不可數,所以前面會接 all this、a load of old,而不是 a 或複數。

noun · C2

Things that nobody wants, things of poor quality, or things that are making a place look untidy; junk.

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