喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to hold it: something is not faint or washed out — it comes at you at full strength, sharp and alive, as if it were happening right now in front of you.

一個東西不是淡淡地存在，而是「活著」地衝到你面前。你看一張老照片，顏色褪了、輪廓糊了，那是不 vivid；可是有些畫…更多收起一個東西不是淡淡地存在，而是「活著」地衝到你面前。你看一張老照片，顏色褪了、輪廓糊了，那是不 vivid；可是有些畫面不是這樣——它像剛發生一樣跳出來，細節都在，光線、聲音、氣味都還帶著。vivid 描述的就是這種「強度」：不管是腦中的記憶，還是牆上的顏色，它濃到你躲不掉，一眼就進來了。

Two branches

腦中的畫面：清晰得像真的

這一族把「濃到躲不掉」放進心裡：記憶、夢、描述雖然都不在眼前，卻強到像在眼前。

vivid memory/description · adjective · B2

Used about memories, dreams, descriptions, and pictures in your mind: so clear and full of detail that they seem real, almost as if you can see, hear, or feel them again.

生動的；鮮明的

眼前的顏色：濃到跳出來

同樣是「強度高、一眼就進來」，只是這次真的發生在眼睛上，不在腦中。

bright, bold (colour) · adjective · B1

Used about colours and patterns: very bright and strong, so that they are easy to notice, usually in a way that looks good.

鮮豔的

原始詞典資料4 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。

vividadj/ˈvɪvɪd/

  • 1

    Clear, detailed, or powerful.

  • 2

    Bright, intense, or colourful.

    • Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area.
    • The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
  • 3

    Full of life; strikingly alive.

    • The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.

vividnoun/ˈvɪvɪd/

  • 1

    A felt-tipped permanent marker; a marker pen.

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