核心畫面

A picture you can hold: something goes past you so fast that you hear it before you see it — a thin rushing sound cutting the air, and then it is gone. The word itself carries that . From that one picture, things fly past (a ball, a scooter, a paper plane), work gets crossed off fast (whizz through the homework), and a person can be that fast too (a whizz at maths). A few casual slang uses can be read as further associations off the same feeling of speed.

whizz 的核心畫面可以想成一個聲音:有東西「咻」地從你旁邊掠過,你先聽到那道劃過空氣的細細聲響,回過神來它已經走更多收起whizz 的核心畫面可以想成一個聲音:有東西「咻」地從你旁邊掠過,你先聽到那道劃過空氣的細細聲響,回過神來它已經走了。這個字唸起來本身就帶著那個氣音,所以「快」和「聲音」是綁在一起的。從這個畫面往外長:東西可以咻地飛過(車、球、紙飛機),事情可以被你咻地做完(whizz through 作業),人也可以快到讓人佩服(a whizz at maths)。另外幾個口語、俚語的用法,也可以想成從「快」和「那道聲音」延伸出去的聯想,而不是同一條有證據的歷史來源。

From the picture

快得讓人佩服的人

同樣一道「咻」的速度感,這次不是落在東西上,而是落在人身上。

noun · B2

Someone who is very fast, very clever, or very skilled at one particular thing, so that work in that area looks easy when they do it.

高手

美式口語:上小號

這一組跟核心的「快」與「聲音」只是聯想關係,不是同一條有證據的歷史來源;辭典沒有提供字源,所以這裡只當成方便記憶的連結。

verb · C1

To urinate. This is a casual spoken American use; in most other situations people say 'pee' or 'go to the bathroom'.

小便

俚語:安非他命

一樣可以想成從「快」延伸出來的聯想:這類藥物讓人變得又快又亢奮。這是幫助記憶的連結,不是字源上的證據。

noun · C1

Amphetamine — an illegal drug that keeps people awake and makes them feel full of energy. 'Whizz' is an informal street name for it, not the medical name.

安非他命(俚語)

Also in this word

verb · B2

To move very fast through the air, usually with a soft rushing or hissing sound. It is used about cars, balls, arrows and other moving things, and also about people who are moving fast.

咻地飛快移動

verb · B2

To do something very quickly, especially to get through a task, a list, or a piece of work in a short time and without much effort. It is usually used as 'whizz through something'.

飛快做完