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  1. 1nA2/ˈfɪzɪks/物理；物理學

    The science that studies matter, energy, and natural forces such as light, heat, and movement.

    示範例句 · Example

    In physics class we learned why a heavy ball and a light ball fall at the same speed.

    逐字在物理課我們學到為什麼重球和輕球以相同的速度落下。

    physics 是一門學科名，研究光、熱、力、運動這些自然現象，跟 chemistry（化學）、biology（生物）並列。它雖然字尾有 s，但當學科講是不可數，前面不加 a，動詞用單數：Physics is fun（不是 are）。

    常見搭配

    • a physics lesson/class

      物理課

      a lesson in which you study physics

      We have a physics lesson every Tuesday.

    • do physics

      讀物理、修物理

      to study physics as a subject

      Are you going to do physics next year?

    • nuclear physics

      核子物理

      the part of physics that studies the centers of atoms

      Nuclear physics sounds hard, but it starts with simple ideas.

core核心畫面

You can picture the questions a child asks before anyone teaches them: why does a ball fall, why is the pan hot, why does the mirror shine? Physics is the subject that takes those questions seriously — matter, energy, and the forces that push things around.

可以想成小孩子還沒上學就會問的那些問題：球為什麼會掉下來？鍋子為什麼會燙？鏡子為什麼會亮？physics 就是把這些問題認真研究下去的那一門學問——物質、能量，以及推著東西動的各種力。

From the word’s history

From Greek ta physika, literally 'the natural things', from physis 'nature'. It came into English around 1580 covering natural science broadly, and narrowed to matter and energy around 1715.

來自希臘文 ta physika，字面就是「自然的那些東西」，字根 physis 是「自然」。這個字大約 1580 年進入英文時，泛指所有自然科學，到 1715 年前後才縮小成今天以物質和能量為主的範圍。難怪它管的東西看起來那麼雜：光、熱、力、運動，本來就是「自然界的事」這一整包。

Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/physics

同家族的字

原始詞典資料4 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。

physicsnoun/ˈfɪz.ɪks/

  • 1

    The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

    • Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
    • An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.
  • 2

    The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those examined or studied scientifically.

    • The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.
    • An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • physic

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。