核心畫面

Think of two matching narrow beds standing side by side in one room, a small table between them. Each one holds a single , and the two are the same: same size, same shape, a pair. That matching pair is the picture the word starts from, and the size of one of those beds is what the word later points at on its own.

可以想成「一個房間裡並排的兩張一樣的窄床」,中間也許擺張小桌子。每張只睡一個人,兩張長得一模一樣,成雙成對。twin更多收起可以想成「一個房間裡並排的兩張一樣的窄床」,中間也許擺張小桌子。每張只睡一個人,兩張長得一模一樣,成雙成對。twin 這個字本來就是雙胞胎的意思,所以先看到的是這對床;而其中一張床的大小,後來就變成人家在講的那個尺寸。

Two branches

成對的兩張床

核心畫面本身:twin 講的是「一模一樣的一對」。

noun · A2

One of a pair of matching single beds put in the same room, so that two people can each sleep in their own bed. It is usually used in the plural: twin beds.

成對單人床之一

美式的床尺寸名

注意力從「一對」移到「其中一張有多大」,twin 就變成尺寸的名字。

noun · A2

A bed that is just big enough for one person. In American English, twin is the name of this bed size.

單人床