核心畫面

One way to hold this word: something being added, a little at a time, until there is a lot of it. One car, then another, then a hundred, and the road is thick with traffic. One day of dust, then a month, and there is a grey layer on the fan. The word does not look at the last piece added; it looks at the whole slow gathering, and at how much is there now. English uses the same shape for time piling up before a big day, and for praise piling up before someone walks on stage.

可以想成東西一點一點往上堆:一台車、再一台、再一百台,路上車就厚起來了;灰塵積一天、積一個月,風扇上就有一層灰。這個更多收起可以想成東西一點一點往上堆:一台車、再一台、再一百台,路上車就厚起來了;灰塵積一天、積一個月,風扇上就有一層灰。這個字看的不是最後加上去的那一下,而是前面慢慢加上來的整個過程,以及現在積了多少。英文把同一個形狀借去講時間——大日子前面一天一天疊起來的準備;也借去講話——一句一句把一個人講得越來越厲害。

From the word’s history

The dictionary record for this entry says build-up is formed from the phrasal verb build up. The verb names the action of adding piece on piece; the noun packages that action, or the amount it has produced, into one thing you can talk about.

這個字條的來源資料寫著:build-up 是從片語動詞 build up 變來的名詞。動詞講的是「一層一層加上去」這個動作;名詞則把那個過程,或那個已經積起來的量,包成一個可以拿來講的東西。

Wiktionary entry for build-up (noun), etymology_text "Deverbal from build up.", packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1844135268

Two branches

一點一點堆起來的量與時間

這一支最貼近核心畫面:東西或日子一層一層疊上來,重點永遠在那段慢慢累積的過程。

noun · B2

A slow increase in the amount of something over a period of time, so that more and more of it gathers in one place.

累積、堆積

用話把人堆高

同樣是一層一層加上去,只是加的是好話,而且加在別人心裡的期待上。這是畫面的延伸,不是另一個歷史來源。

noun · B2

Words said about a person or thing before other people meet or see it, telling everyone how special or important it is.

事先吹捧、事前抬高

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。