核心畫面

A line that runs along the bottom of something. It never gets in the way of the words above it — it just sits underneath and holds them up, and because it sits there, your eye goes to whatever is resting on it. Draw it under a word and the word matters more; leave it alone on a keyboard and it becomes a character you can type; put music in that same low position and it carries a scene without being noticed.

可以想成一條走在底下的線。它從來不擋住上面的字,只是墊在下面把它們托住;也正因為它在那裡,眼睛就會落在停在它上面的東更多收起可以想成一條走在底下的線。它從來不擋住上面的字,只是墊在下面把它們托住;也正因為它在那裡,眼睛就會落在停在它上面的東西。劃在一個字底下,那個字就變得重要;單獨留在鍵盤上,它就成了可以打出來的符號;把音樂放在同樣的低位,它就能撐住一場戲而不被注意。

From the word’s history

The packet gives the compound only: under- + score. Score names a scratched or drawn mark, so the word reads as a mark made underneath.

本包裹的字源只說它由 under- 加 score 組成。score 指的是劃出來或刻出來的痕跡,所以整個字讀起來就是「在下面劃的一道痕」。

Wiktionary entries ‘underscore’ (noun source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:916556863:15281; verb source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:916572144:10758): etymology_text ‘From under- + score.’

Two branches

真的那一條線

這一支是畫面本身:紙上、螢幕上真的存在的那條線,以及被單獨留在鍵盤上的那個符號。

verb · B2

To draw or print a line under a word or phrase, usually to show that it matters.

在…下面劃線

把線劃在意思底下

同一條線從紙面移到想法底下:被劃到的不再是某個字,而是某個重點。

verb · B2

To make it clear that something is important or true, by saying it, showing it, or being the thing that proves it, in a way people cannot miss.

凸顯/強調