喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture two hard surfaces pressed together and rubbing, over and over: a stone on a stone, metal on a wheel, beans under a blade. Nothing happens fast. Each pass takes off a tiny amount, the contact is rough, and it makes a harsh sound while it lasts. Every use of the word keeps some part of that picture: the slow wearing away, the noise, or the repeating.

可以想成兩個硬面壓在一起，來回摩擦。石頭磨石頭，金屬磨砂輪，咖啡豆被刀片碾過。這個畫面裡沒有一次到位的事。每磨一次只…更多收起可以想成兩個硬面壓在一起，來回摩擦。石頭磨石頭，金屬磨砂輪，咖啡豆被刀片碾過。這個畫面裡沒有一次到位的事。每磨一次只去掉一點點。接觸面是粗的，過程中會一直有刺耳的聲音。這個字的每個用法，都從這張圖裡拿走一部分：有的拿「慢慢被磨掉」，有的拿「那個聲音」，有的拿「一遍又一遍」。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary's entry gives grinding as grind plus -ing, inherited from Middle English gryndynge. The -ing turns the action into a thing, which is why the same form works as a noun for the activity and as an adjective describing something that acts like it.

供給的來源資料寫明：grinding 由 grind 加 -ing 構成，來自中古英語的 gryndynge。-ing 把動作變成一件事，所以同一個形狀既可以當名詞指「磨這件事」，也可以當形容詞去形容「像在磨的東西」。

Wiktionary entry supplied in the evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1204979490:1644)

Two branches

真的在磨：動作與聲音

最靠近字面的一邊。這裡的 grinding 就是實際發生的摩擦，以及摩擦發出的聲響。

adjective · B2

Used about a harsh, scraping sound made by hard parts rubbing against each other, especially inside a machine that keeps running.

刺耳摩擦的（聲音）

被磨的是人：難熬與重複

把「被慢慢磨掉」這一項移到人身上。這是教學上的連結，不是歷史演變的主張。

adjective · B2

Used about a hard situation that wears people down: it is difficult and unpleasant, it goes on and on, and there is no sign of it getting better.

磨人的；長期難熬的

原始詞典資料9 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。

grindingnoun/ˈɡɹaɪnd.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles; the sound of this action.

    • Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine.
  • 2

    businessmanufacturingThe action of grinding a workpiece to change its size, shape, and surface finish.

    • Grinding sometimes involves tight tolerances on the order of a few microns.
  • 3

    dancedancinghobbiesA form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.

    • No grinding is allowed on the dance floor at the junior prom: it isn't age-appropriate.
  • 4

    gamesgamingRepeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.

    • I really hate the grinding to get that 1% chance item.
  • 5

    informalbusinessThe act of doing the daily grind.

    • A: Hey Bob, how's it goin? B: Meh, I'm tired of grinding, man.

grindingadj/ˈɡɹaɪnd.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    Of or pertaining to the act or gratingly sound of grinding.

    • The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree.
  • 2

    Relentlessly taxing; burdensome; exacting to the point of exhaustion.

    • A week of filled with grinding toil.
    • I saw none of the grinding poverty to which I had become inured, no beggars, no one passed out in the streets or homeless people forced to camp out in parks and doorways.
  • 3

    obsoleteCrushing; oppressive; overwhelming.

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。