喜樂美語

核心畫面

The ground is under everything, and this word says that something is down on it, held there. Wheels resting on the runway instead of lifting off. A hull sitting on sand instead of floating free. A wire running down into the earth. A pair of feet planted flat while everything else moves. Every use is a version of the same moment: contact with the ground, and something that would otherwise rise, drift or fly is kept where it is.

grounded 的畫面可以想成「被留在地面上」。輪子停在跑道上，沒有離地。船底壓在沙上，沒有浮起來。一條電線通到地…更多收起grounded 的畫面可以想成「被留在地面上」。輪子停在跑道上，沒有離地。船底壓在沙上，沒有浮起來。一條電線通到地下。一個人雙腳踩得平平的，旁邊的事情再亂，他也沒有飄走。這些用法都是同一個瞬間的不同版本：碰到地面，於是本來會升起、會飄、會飛的東西，被留在原地。

From the word’s history

The evidence gives grounded as Middle English grounded, that is ground plus the ending -ed, so the form itself says 'put to the ground'.

資料寫的是 grounded 來自中古英語 grounded，等於 ground（地面）加上 -ed。也就是說，這個字的形狀本身就在講「被放到地面上」，後面各種用法都還看得見這個底。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract) entry for grounded supplied in this evidence packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1035893751:12864: 'From Middle English grounded, i-grounded, equivalent to ground + -ed.'

Three branches

被留在地面上，不能走

這一組最接近字面：本來會飛、會走、會出門的東西，被地面留住了。

adjective · B2

An aircraft or a pilot that is grounded is not allowed to fly and has to stay on the ground, because of bad weather, a safety problem, or a rule.

停飛的

腳踩在地上的人

同樣是接觸地面，只是這次的主角是人，而「不會飄走」變成一種稱讚。

adjective · B2

Calm, sensible and in control of your feelings, even when things are hard or the people around you are upset.

沉穩；穩得住

接到大地的電

還是「接觸地面」，但這裡的接觸是一條真的電線，通到地下。

adjective · C1

In American and Canadian English, a wire, plug or machine that is grounded is joined by a wire to the earth, so that electricity has a safe path away from people if something goes wrong.

接地的

原始詞典資料6 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。

groundedadj詞源 1/ˈɡɹaʊn.dɪd/

  • 1

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationNot allowed to fly.

  • 2

    nauticaltransportAground.

    • Courageous went down about an hour ago. Glorious also went down toward the end of the battle, cause unknown. Lion is grounded in the shadows of Terschelling, and will not be recoverable. All of the other battlecruisers have medium to heavy damage of one degree or another, with the exception of Renown, which avoided shell damage but took a torpedo at the last moment and is heading home under tow, and, of course, New Zealand, whose sole casualty is a stoker overcome with heat exhaustion.
  • 3

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityOf or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.

  • 4

    Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.

    • "Sam, wait. You're not actually grounded. I just want you to be better about listening when I tell you something."
  • 5

    With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.

    • Near-synonyms: prudent, reasonable, sensible, wise; realistic, real; mature; see also Thesaurus:wise

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。