核心畫面

You can picture wrap as one thing being folded or brought all the way around another so it is covered or held: paper closing around a gift, a blanket coming around your shoulders. The material bends to hug the shape of what it surrounds.

可以想成:一樣東西被折過來、繞著另一樣東西整圈包住或抱住——紙張合起來包住禮物、毯子繞上你的肩。包的那層會順著被包物更多收起可以想成:一樣東西被折過來、繞著另一樣東西整圈包住或抱住——紙張合起來包住禮物、毯子繞上你的肩。包的那層會順著被包物的形狀貼上去。這個「繞一圈包覆」的畫面,是 wrap 各種意思共同的根。

Four branches

把東西包起來、圈起來(動作)

這一組就是核心畫面本身:拿材料或手臂繞著目標整圈圍上去。

wrap up · verb · B1

To cover something by folding paper, cloth, or plastic around it.

包 / 包起來

用來包東西的那層物品

從「包的動作」轉成「用來包的那件東西」:會繞在身上或繞住食物的那層布、膜、餅皮,本身就叫 a wrap。

shawl · noun · B1

A piece of thick cloth that you wear around your shoulders to keep warm.

披肩

蓋住看不到=保密(慣用語)

把東西包起來,別人就看不到裡面——這個「蓋住」的畫面延伸成「不讓人知道」。

keep something under wraps · noun · B1

If something is kept under wraps, it is kept secret and not shown or told to people.

保密 / 保密中

包完=收尾完成

打包一件東西是把它做完、封好的最後一步;這個「收尾封起來」的感覺延伸成「一件事做完」。

end of filming · noun · B1

The end of filming for a movie or show, especially for one day.

收工 / 殺青

原始詞典資料18 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。

wrapverb詞源 1/ɹæp/

  • 1

    To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

    • Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.
    • I then dried these over a flame, and then, wrapping the formes and re-sealing them with my court seals — for my only commission, you see, was to report as to whether the type was unpied, and text ungarbled, and the formes all ready […]
  • 2

    To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.

    • A snake wraps itself around its prey.
    • Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
  • 3

    To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.

    • wise poets that wrap truth in tales
  • 4

    To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.

    • To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
  • 5

    To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line

    • I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.
  • 6

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo make functionality available through a software wrapper.

  • 7

    To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

    • The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.

wrapnoun詞源 2/ɹæp/

  • 1

    Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.

  • 2

    automotivetransportvehiclesPaper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.

    • The media theorist Peter Lunenfeld[…] says illustrative art is often used to defang threatening technology. He compares the Waymo wraps to Google Doodles, which distract people while they are using a complex and opaque search engine algorithm that is “almost fully beyond our ken.”
  • 3

    A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.

  • 4

    archaicAn outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.

    • ‘I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here,’ she said, seating herself comfortably, throwing back her wraps, and showing a thin but well-built figure.
  • 5

    A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.

  • 6

    entertainmentlifestyleThe completion of all or a major part of a performance.

    • But she could knock off right after the wrap, have dinner, and take a later flight.
    • The first time I met him is when we went to the – after the wrap party, we went to a little sound room – or a little screening room and watched the preview
  • 7

    A wraparound mortgage.

  • 8

    broadcastingmediaradioA complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.

    • This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.
    • Attend a news conference, and prepare a wrap or package.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    The act of wrapping.

    • Give the present a quick wrap before James sees it.
    • I started out by wrapping the first thread around a ruler for 1 inch and found that it had 24 wraps to the inch.
  • 10

    slangcard-gamespokerA straight draw in which there are more than 8 outs to complete the straight, especially in Omaha hold 'em.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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