東西封到不漏水
核心畫面的字面版本:真的水,真的縫,真的封起來。
adjective · B2
Made or closed so tightly that no water can get in or out.
不漏水的/密封的
One way to hold this word: a lid pressed down onto a rubber ring until the last gap closes. Turn the jar upside down and nothing comes out. It is not a matter of degree — either there is a way through or there is not, and the whole word lives on that one moment when the gap disappears.
From water + tight, the same compound as Dutch waterdicht and German wasserdicht.
Wiktionary 記為 from water + tight,並且列出荷蘭語 waterdicht、德語 wasserdicht、丹麥語 vandtæt 等同樣結構的字。也就是說,這個「水—密」的組合在日耳曼語系裡很老、很穩定,字面意思一直都是「水過不去」。
Wiktionary 'watertight' etymology (kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:706835827:23966)
Two branches
東西封到不漏水
核心畫面的字面版本:真的水,真的縫,真的封起來。
adjective · B2
Made or closed so tightly that no water can get in or out.
不漏水的/密封的
說法嚴密到沒有破綻
把同一個「縫」搬到想法上:別人要鑽進去,可是找不到入口。
adjective · C1
An argument, plan, rule, contract or alibi that is watertight has been built so carefully that nobody can find a hole in it, get around it, or show that it is wrong.
無懈可擊的/滴水不漏的