喜樂美語

A way to hold it: think of the flat line where sea meets sky, then bring that direction indoors. Anything horizontal runs the same way — left to right, flat and level, never up and down.

先看遠方海天相接那條線，它是平的、往左右延伸——horizontal 就是「跟那條線同一個方向」。把這個方向搬進日常：桌面、地板、平躺的身體、圖表的橫軸，全都是這個走向。它永遠是相對於 vertical（上下）來定位的，兩個字合起來把空間切成兩個最基本的方向。

From the word’s history

It comes straight off horizon (Latin horizōn, stem horizont-): horizontal literally means "of the horizon." The word was built by pointing at that flat far line and saying "that direction."

這個字直接長在 horizon 上（拉丁 horizōn，詞幹 horizont-），字面就是「地平線的／屬於地平線的」。也就是說，人類當初要指認「水平」這個方向時，用的辦法就是指著遠方那條天地交界線說「這個方向」。所以核心畫面和字源完全是同一件事——記住地平線，就記住了 horizontal。

Wiktionary, entry "horizontal" (< Middle French horizontal < horizon, Latin horizōn, stem horizont-)

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 horizontals

用法接近

parallelaxissidewaysstripeplanelevel position

意思相反

verticalupright

原始詞典資料10 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。

horizontaladj/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/

  • 1

    Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

    • horizontal lines
    • I also claim the combination of the separator shaft with the shoe, and with the pitman, for the purpose of imparting to it a recriprocating horizontal movement, and a vibratory movement on its axis at the same time,...
  • 2

    businessmarketingRelating to horizontal markets

  • 3

    archaicPertaining to the horizon.

    • As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air
  • 4

    beveragesfoodlifestyleInvolving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.

  • 5

    entertainmentlifestylemusicHaving the two notes sound successively.

  • 6

    lifestylesexsexualityRelating to sexual intercourse.

    • horizontal tango
    • Comparing a man who inspires you intellectually and makes you laugh with a guy who fulfils all your horizontal desires means you’re not comparing like with like.
  • 7

    biologynatural-sciencesBeing or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.

    • Infectious agents may spread by horizontal transmission.

horizontalnoun/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/

  • 1

    A horizontal component of a structure.

  • 2

    geographygeologynatural-sciencesHorizon.

  • 3

    A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

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。