核心畫面

Hold the shape first: something round, full on every side, with no flat patch and no dent in it. English lends that shape out. It puts it on a body, on a person, and on a course of study or a working life. Wherever it lands, the praise is the same one — full all the way round, nothing missing on any side. Notice what it never says: it says nothing about how high any one side reaches.

先抓住形狀:一個圓的東西,每一面都撐得飽飽的,沒有哪裡是平的、凹的。英文把這個形狀借出去用。它借去形容身材,也借去形更多收起先抓住形狀:一個圓的東西,每一面都撐得飽飽的,沒有哪裡是平的、凹的。英文把這個形狀借出去用。它借去形容身材,也借去形容一個人,還借去形容一段學習或工作的經歷。不管放在哪裡,誇的都是同一件事——每一面都滿,沒有哪一邊缺一塊。也要注意它從來沒說的部分:它完全不管某一面長得多高。

Two branches

形狀本身:身形的圓潤

這一支最貼近那個圓的畫面:講的就是一個實際的、圓潤飽滿的身形。

adjective · C1

Used of a woman's body: pleasantly full and curved rather than thin.

豐腴的、線條圓潤的

借來形容人和經歷

同一個「每一面都飽滿」的畫面,從身體移到看不見的地方:一個人的能力,以及他受過的教育、走過的資歷。凹下去的那一邊變成「這一塊沒碰過」。

adjective · B2

Describing a person who has a range of skills, interests and experience, instead of being good at only one thing.

全方位的/多元發展的