Recombobulating
“Recombobulating” 为幽默新词,与 discombobulate(使困惑、打乱)相对,指把被打乱的状态重新整理好、恢复镇定,如 recombobulating after travel(旅途后重新安顿)、the Recombobulation Area(密尔沃基机场著名的“重整区”)。
- “Passengers paused in the recombobulating area to repack their bags.” (旅客在“重整区”停下重新收拾行李。)
- “It took her an hour to start recombobulating the apartment after the move.” (搬家后她花了一小时才把公寓重新理整齐。)
- “He joked about recombobulating his thoughts before the interview.” (他开玩笑说要在面试前把思绪重新理顺。)
“Recombobulate” 为 20 世纪美国幽默造词,在 discombobulate 前加 re-(再)构成反义戏仿;discombobulate 本身可能是无厘头混造词。
“re-” 表再次;“-ing” 表示正在重新整理、恢复秩序的过程;整体构词偏玩笑,非严肃拉丁词源。
密尔沃基米切尔将军机场(MKE)安检后的 “Recombobulation Area” 使该词在美式英语中走红;多用于轻松、幽默语境。
- 原形: recombobulate
- 名词: recombobulation
- 反义: discombobulating
- 固定搭配: “recombobulating after” (在……之后重新整理), “recombobulation area” (重整区)
re-(再)+ 与 discombobulate 相反——把搞乱的东西再理顺,就是 recombobulating。
“Recombobulating near the gate, travelers retied shoes and found their boarding passes after security chaos.” (旅客在登机口附近重整行装,安检一片混乱后又系好鞋、找到了登机牌。)