喜樂美語

Fall is the moving picture; fallen is the picture after it stops. Fallen can be thought of as the still frame at the end: it came down, and it is still down. That is why fallen leaves are on the ground, not in the air — the word is about the state that the drop left behind, and every other use puts a person, not a leaf, in that same finished-and-down position.

fall 是動作，fallen 可以想成動作結束後定格的那一張：東西已經下來了，而且還在下面。所以 fallen leaves 是躺在地上的葉子，不是正在飄的葉子——這個字講的不是掉的過程，是掉完之後留下來的狀態。它其他的用法，就是把躺在地上的那個位置換成一個人。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

意思相近

droppedthe deaddescendedthe lostdecreasedcome downdowned

意思相反

risenclimbedstandingupright

原始詞典資料9 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。

fallenadj/ˈfɔːlən/

  • 1

    Having dropped by the force of gravity.

    • fallen raindrops
  • 2

    Killed, especially in battle.

    • a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers
    • the disposal of fallen livestock
  • 3

    Having lost one's chastity.

    • a fallen woman
    • Madam Julia was the town's ranking prostitute; virtuous female society demanded that they not suffer the unbearable pain of looking at, and being in company with, a fallen woman— one of the happiest, fallenest women in history, by the way.
  • 4

    Having collapsed.

    • a fallen building
  • 5

    Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.

    • That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]

fallennoun/ˈfɔːlən/

  • 1

    The dead.

  • 2

    Casualties of battle or war.

  • 3

    ChristianityOne who has fallen, as from grace.

    • In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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