collapse in on himself

enti

But after Christmas Dad seemed to deflate, to collapse in on himself. He stopped talking about the snowball, then he stopped talking altogether. A darkness gathered in his eyes until it filled them. He walked with his arms limp, shoulders slumping, as if something had hold of him and was dragging him to the earth.
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4 m/ k8 a% C$ ?3 [- K% A百度了一下 "collapse in是一个固定搭配，或者说是短语，意思是“崩溃、崩塌、摧毁”之类的"

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jonah_w

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enti

神奇， 厉害厉害， 谢谢谢谢

Serendipiti

此處 to collapse in on himself 和 to deflate 表達同一個意思，作者的爸爸突然就老了

enti

突然就老了?
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可是deflate不是泄气的意思么?

Serendipiti

But after Christmas Dad seemed to deflate, to collapse in on himself. He stopped talking about the snowball, and then he stopped talking altogether. Darkness gathered in his eyes until it filled them. He walked with his arms limp, shoulders slumping as if something had hold of him and was dragging him to the earth. 9 P5 J' n7 E8 u* O# V

但聖誕過後，爸爸就好像萎靡不振。他不再談論雞尾酒，什麼都不說了。他的眼睛漸漸無光，直至全部黯淡。他走路時手臂下垂，耷拉著肩膀，好像有什麼東西抓住了他，正在把他往地上拖。
(簡單翻譯了一下，拋磚引玉)

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enti

感谢翻译

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A few months earlier, when crisp leaves had begun slipping to the ground, signaling the end of summer, Dad had been in high spirits. His feet tapped show tunes at breakfast, and during dinner he often pointed at the mountain, his eyes shining, and described where he would lay the pipes to bring water down to the house. Dad promised that when the first snow fell, he’d build the biggest snowball in the state of Idaho. What he’d do, he said, was hike to the mountain base and gather a small, insignificant ball of snow, then roll it down the hillside, watching it triple in size each time it raced over a hillock or down a ravine. By the time it reached the house, which was atop the last hill before the valley, it’d be big as Grandpa’s barn and people on the highway would stare up at it, amazed. We just needed the right snow. Thick, sticky flakes. After every snowfall, we brought handfuls to him and watched him rub the flakes between his fingers. That snow was too fine. This, too wet. After Christmas, he said. That’s when you get the real snow.

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Serendipiti

是的，就是滾雪球。。哈哈，好萌

franciscojose

It seems like he's a crazy only man.

hh2

"collapse in on itself"   = collapse in + on itself , collapse in 代表垂直坍塌，一般不好用于人，这里应该是深层次的精神坍塌之类的。"collapse on the ground" 没有坍塌的意思，“collapse on yourself" 类似灵魂出鞘 回归身体。” collapse itself"意思一样，但用法存疑。 collapse in + “坍塌的过程描述” 不能之间加itself，算是习惯用法。