喜樂美語

One way to picture it: a line drawn on the ground that says "this side is one thing, that side is another" — the edge where what belongs to you stops and what belongs to someone else begins.

地上畫著一條線，線的這一邊是這塊地、那一邊是另一塊地。boundary 不是「牆」，牆是實體擋住你的東西；boundary 是那條「分界」本身——它可能是一道籬笆、一條河，也可能只是地圖上的一筆，重點在於它宣告「到這裡為止」。它同時做兩件事：把裡面的框起來，也把外面的擋在外面。

From the word’s history

From bound ("a limit, the furthest point something reaches") + -ary; the word is literally "the thing that has to do with the limit".

boundary 是 bound（界限、到頭的那一點）加上名詞字尾 -ary 造出來的，字面就是「跟界限有關的那個東西」，所以它天生指的就是「到頭為止的那條線」，而不是線圍起來的地。這個 bound 跟「跳」的 bound 沒關係，也跟 be bound to 的「被綁住」不同源。

Wiktionary etymology tree supplied in the payload (English bound + -ary), which also notes it displaced native Old English mearc.

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

複數 boundaries

意思相近

borderlimitdividing linefourlimitationsdividesixedgeconfinesline

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

boundarynoun/ˈbaʊndɹi/

  • 1

    The dividing line or location between two areas.

    • So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
    • City or national boundaries are locations of economic opportunity, especially if the existence of the border is itself the source of a monopoly situation that favors one side over the other (Krakover, 1997).
  • 2

    The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).

    • I didn’t mean to push the boundaries by sending my boss a message on Saturday night.
  • 3

    ball-gamescricketgamesAn edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.

  • 4

    ball-gamescricketgamesAn event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.

    • Travis hit a boundary to seal the match on the last ball of the over.
  • 5

    mathematicssciencestopology(of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.

  • 6

    Commission paid by a bus or jeepney driver to a public transportation operator for taking passengers, or the excess collected fares taken as daily wage.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。