真的往下壓
這一組就是核心畫面本身，力量和被壓的東西都看得見、摸得到。
adjective · B2
Pressing on something with so much force or weight that it is squashed, broken into small pieces, or held down and unable to move.
壓碎的、壓得死死的
核心畫面
Think of something heavy coming down from above and not stopping. Whatever is underneath changes shape: a box , a frame bends, a person cannot stand up straight. Every use of crushing can be held together by that one downward weight. Sometimes the weight is real, like snow on a roof. Sometimes it is a score, a debt, or a sentence someone says to you, and what gives way is your confidence instead of your roof.
可以想成有個很重的東西從上面壓下來，而且不停。下面的東西就變形了：箱子扁掉、架子彎掉、人直不起腰。crushing …更多收起
可以想成有個很重的東西從上面壓下來，而且不停。下面的東西就變形了：箱子扁掉、架子彎掉、人直不起腰。crushing 的各種用法，都可以放回這個「往下壓」的畫面裡。有時候壓下來的是真的重量，像屋頂上的雪。有時候壓下來的是比分、是債務、是別人講的一句話，被壓垮的就換成信心。From the word’s history
By surface analysis the word is crush plus -ing, so its plainest reading is simply 'doing the crushing'.
來源字典把這個字拆成 crush 加 -ing，最素的讀法就是「正在壓碎的」。其他用法可以想成從這個動作長出來的。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract) etymology_text: "By surface analysis, crush + -ing."
Two branches
壓在人身上
被壓的東西從物體換成人的心。垮掉的不是架子，是信心。
adjective · B2
So heavy or so hard to bear that it takes away a person's hope, confidence or strength. Used about defeats, blows, disappointments, and about heavy loads like debt or worry.
沉重到讓人撐不住的
原始詞典資料7 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。
crushingadj/ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/
- 1
That crushes; overwhelming.
- a crushing defeat
- The fruits of these kickstarted endeavors began to show in 1915, first in the deployment of a new range of depth charges. These were, mercifully, smaller than Jellicoe's "crushing hand of God" prototype, and, whilst practically just as lethal to submarines, they were significantly less risky to the launching ship, and could also be carried in larger numbers.
- 2
Devastatingly disheartening.
- crushing blow
- crushing guilt
crushingnoun/ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/
- 1
The action of the verb to crush.
- 2
A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
- 3
Crushed material.
- oilseed crushings
- 4
The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.
- Mr. Holtze speaks with feeling upon this subject. His own experience had shown him the folly of planting sugar in dry soil, at a distance from water; the natural consequence was that, though the cane grew on the ironstone ridges of Palmerston, it would not throw up sufficient juice to make a good crushing.
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 Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。