page
page — 名詞
1. one numbered side found in books, magazines, or newspapers.
一頁
書報中的單面
one numbered side found in books, magazines, or newspapers.
The recipe for carrot soup is on page twenty-three.
胡蘿蔔湯的食譜在第二十三頁。
on page + number
Mina wrote her phone number at the bottom of the page.
Mina 把她的電話號碼寫在那一頁的底部。
A coffee stain covered half the page in Grandpa's newspaper.
爺爺報紙上的那一頁，有一半被咖啡漬弄髒了。
Please read the last page before you close the book.
請先讀完最後一頁，再把書闔上。
文法句型
on page + number
turn to page + number
用法筆記
Usually counted by number or referred to with on, as in on page 12. Distinguish from noun/2, which means the whole sheet rather than one side of it.
常見錯誤
2. a whole piece of paper inside a book, notebook, or magazine.
一張紙
書本中的一張紙
a whole piece of paper inside a book, notebook, or magazine.
One loose page fell from the notebook onto the classroom floor.
有一張紙從筆記本掉到教室地板上。
a loose page
The diary hid a pressed flower between two yellow pages.
日記本把一朵壓平的花夾在兩張發黃的紙頁之間。
Evan tore a page from his sketchbook and handed it over.
Evan 從素描本撕下一張紙，遞了過去。
Several damp pages stuck together after the rainstorm.
暴雨過後，好幾張潮濕的紙頁黏在一起。
文法句型
tear out a page
a loose page
用法筆記
Unlike noun/1, this sense means the whole sheet, so both sides belong to the same page. It is common with words like loose, torn, folded, and missing.
常見錯誤
3. one screen or web document that belongs to a website.
網頁
網站中的單一頁面
one screen or web document that belongs to a website.
The school page lists lunch times and bus routes.
學校網頁列出了午餐時間和公車路線。
web page with listed information
A broken link sent Rosa to the wrong page.
一個壞掉的連結把 Rosa 送到了錯的網頁。
go to the wrong page
Click the green button to return to the home page.
點一下綠色按鈕，就能回到首頁。
The payment page froze before Leo finished his order.
Leo 還沒完成訂單，付款網頁就當掉了。
文法句型
home page
go to a page
用法筆記
Often modified by words like home, login, profile, and payment. Distinguish from noun/1, which is a paper page you can hold and turn.
常見錯誤
4. a boy who served a knight while learning to become one.
侍童
服侍騎士的學徒
a boy who served a knight while learning to become one.
At twelve, Tomas became a page in Lord Harrow's castle.
十二歲時，Tomas 成了 Lord Harrow 城堡裡的侍童。
become a page in a castle
The young page carried Sir Roland's shield to the yard.
那名年輕侍童把 Sir Roland 的盾牌搬到院子裡。
Each page learned horseback riding before training with a sword.
每個侍童在學劍之前都要先學騎馬。
During supper, the page stood behind the knight's chair.
晚餐時，那名侍童站在騎士的椅子後面。
- squire
a related medieval role, often a later stage of training
- attendant
broader and not limited to knights or training
- serving boy
describes the service role but not the full historical title
文法句型
serve as a page
a page to a knight
用法筆記
This history sense belongs to medieval life and is closely linked to training for knighthood. Distinguish from noun/5, where the servant is not specifically learning to be a knight.
5. a male servant who stayed close to an important person.
侍從
貼身服侍要人的男僕
a male servant who stayed close to an important person.
The duke's page held his gloves outside the council room.
公爵的侍從在會議室外替他拿著手套。
the duke's page
A uniformed page opened the coach door for the visiting queen.
一名穿制服的侍從替來訪的王后打開馬車門。
The old painting shows a page carrying fruit behind the prince.
那幅老畫裡，一名侍從捧著水果跟在王子後面。
At court, each page waited nearby for a lord's call.
在宮廷裡，每名侍從都在附近等候領主召喚。
文法句型
a page to a noble
the duke's page
用法筆記
Usually appears in historical settings and with titles such as duke, prince, or queen. Distinguish from noun/7, which is a job in a modern institution.
6. at a wedding, a small boy going with the bride.
花童
婚禮中陪新娘的小男孩
at a wedding, a small boy going with the bride.
Liam smiled proudly as the page carried the bride's train.
Liam 很得意地笑著，因為花童正幫新娘提著裙擺。
page carrying the bride's train
The page dropped one rose petal near the church door.
花童在教堂門口附近掉了一片玫瑰花瓣。
A shy page hid behind his mother before the ceremony.
儀式開始前，一名害羞的花童躲到媽媽身後。
The photographer asked the page to stand beside the flower girl.
攝影師請花童站到捧花小女孩旁邊。
文法句型
a page at a wedding
the page and the flower girl
用法筆記
Mostly used in British wedding English. In many other contexts, speakers are more likely to say page boy.
7. a young worker who carries messages and helps people with small jobs.
傳令員
替人跑腿傳話的年輕助手
a young worker who carries messages and helps people with small jobs.
The hotel page brought fresh towels to Room 814.
飯店傳令員把新毛巾送到 814 號房。
hotel page + bring things
A page guided visitors from the lobby to the meeting hall.
一名傳令員帶訪客從大廳走到會議廳。
During the tour, the Senate page answered questions from students.
參觀時，那名參議院傳令員回答了學生的問題。
When the phone rang, the office page ran upstairs with a note.
電話一響，辦公室傳令員就拿著便條跑上樓。
文法句型
hotel page
Senate page
用法筆記
Common in set roles such as hotel page or Senate page, and often sounds institution-specific or old-fashioned. Distinguish from noun/5, which is tied to personal service for a noble.
page — 動詞
1. to ask for someone by name over a building's speaker system.
廣播找人
用廣播系統叫人
to ask for someone by name over a building's speaker system.
The nurse paged Dr. Lin to the emergency room.
護士廣播找 Dr. Lin 到急診室。
page + person + to + place
Airport staff paged Maya after her passport was found.
Maya 的護照找到後，機場人員就廣播找她。
During the basketball game, Mr. Chen was paged over the gym speaker.
籃球賽打到一半時，場館廣播在找 Mr. Chen。
Please page the store manager to the front desk.
請廣播找店經理到服務台。
文法句型
page + person
page + person + to + place
be paged
用法筆記
The object is the person being called, and the place may follow with to. Unlike verb/2, this sense means a public announcement that others can hear.
常見錯誤
2. to reach someone by sending a signal to a pager device.
傳呼
傳訊到呼叫器
to reach someone by sending a signal to a pager device.
The hospital paged Dr. Wu after midnight, and his beeper rang.
醫院半夜傳呼 Dr. Wu，他的呼叫器就響了。
page + person via pager
When the freezer stopped working, Mia paged the repairman from a pay phone.
冷凍櫃壞掉時，Mia 用投幣電話傳呼修理工。
Before cell phones, doctors often paged one another from pay phones.
手機還沒普及前，醫生常用投幣電話傳呼其他醫生。
I paged Ben twice, but he never called back.
我傳呼了 Ben 兩次，但他一直沒有回電。
文法句型
page + person
page + person + twice
用法筆記
This sense belongs to the older pager device and often suggests that the other person should call back. Distinguish from verb/1, where the message is spoken aloud in a public place.