One way to picture it: a door left open. Whatever happens inside is not hidden — anyone who wants to look, listen, join, or own a piece of it may do so. The word marks the moment something stops belonging to a closed circle and becomes available to everyone.
From the word’s history
The '-ly' ending comes from Old English '-līċe', going back to a Germanic word meaning 'body, form' — so the adverb originally described the shape or manner in which something is done: in a public manner.
字尾 -ly 來自古英語 -līċe,可以追到日耳曼語一個表示「身體、形體」的詞——所以副詞原本是在講「事情以什麼樣的形體、什麼樣的方式進行」。publicly 就是「以公開的方式進行」,這也解釋了為什麼這個字總是在描述一件事情的做法,而不是事情本身。
Etymology tree supplied in the payload (English public + Old English -līċe ← Proto-Germanic *-līkaz ← *līką 'body, form')
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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。
publiclyadv/ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/
- 1
In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
- criticize someone publicly
- publicly announce something
- 2
By, for, or on behalf of the public.
- publicly available
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。