喜樂美語

One way to hold this word is to look down at a set table. Everything on it — plates, , small dishes — has been placed around one thing standing in the middle: a bowl of flowers, three candles, a dish of fruit. That thing is the centrepiece. Two facts come with the picture and never leave it: it sits at the middle, and the rest is arranged around it. Lift the picture off the table and put it over a plan, a show or a building project, and the same two facts do all the work.

可以想成低頭看一張擺好的桌子。盤子、筷子、小菜，全都是繞著中間那一樣東西排的——一盆花、三根蠟燭、一碟水果。那一樣就是 centrepiece。這個畫面帶著兩件事，而且從來不會掉：它在正中間，其他東西繞著它排。把這張畫面從桌子上拿起來，蓋到一個計畫、一場表演、一項工程上，靠的還是同樣這兩件事。

From the word’s history

centre + piece: the piece that goes in the middle.

centre（中央）加上 piece（一件東西）：放在中間的那一件。

Wiktionary entry for centrepiece (packet etymology_text): 'From centre + piece.'

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。

同家族的字

複數 centrepieces

意思相近

table decorationhighlightornamentfocal pointarrangementmain featureshowpiece

原始詞典資料2 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。

centrepiecenoun

  • 1

    An ornament to be placed in the centre, as of a table, ceiling, etc.

  • 2

    A central article or figure.

    • Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.
    • A small bottle of sparkling Rhineland wine was the centrepiece; beside it was a large marzipan pastry topped with strawberries.

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。