核心畫面

Picture a table with nothing left on it. Whatever there was to take, one side has taken all of it — every trick, every trophy, every run that was on offer. That is what grand slam names. It is not a big win; it is the complete one, with nothing left over for anybody else. Each game then fills in what all of it means: all thirteen tricks in a hand, all four runners, all four tournaments in a year, all four honours in one race. The sweep is the constant, the list is what changes.

可以想成一張被清空的桌子:本來擺在上面、可以拿的東西,全部被同一邊拿走了——每一墩牌、每一座冠軍、每一分。grand更多收起可以想成一張被清空的桌子:本來擺在上面、可以拿的東西,全部被同一邊拿走了——每一墩牌、每一座冠軍、每一分。grand slam 講的就是這種「掃光」。它不是「贏很大」,而是「全部都贏」,一樣都沒留給別人。至於「全部」是哪些,交給各個項目自己去填:一手牌的每一墩、壘上的四個人、一年裡的四大賽、一場比賽裡的四項榮譽。掃光是不變的,清單才是會換的那一半。

Two branches

一輪之內全部拿下

這一支離那張空桌子最近:範圍小、看得見,一手牌、一個打席、一場比賽之內,能拿的當場全拿。

noun · C1

In card games, especially bridge, the winning of every trick in one hand. The word also names the contract a player bids when they promise to do exactly that.

大滿貫(橋牌)

一整季的賽事全部贏下

同一個「清空」的畫面被拉長:桌子從一手牌變成一整年的賽程表,上面擺的是這項運動最重要的幾座冠軍,一座都不能漏。

noun · B2

The winning of all of the most important competitions in a sport in the same year or season. The same name is also used for that set of top competitions itself, as with the four biggest tennis tournaments.

大滿貫