- 1一份（指食物的份量；餐廳也會說「一客」）
A helping is the amount of food someone gives you, or that you take for yourself — a helping of rice, a small helping of soup. “Would you like a second helping?” means another serving, not “shall I help you again?” Home talk and restaurant talk; not fancy. Though actually the same spelling is also the everyday -ing form of the verb help (“She is helping him”), but this dictionary sense is only the food amount. If there is no plate in the picture, people will not hear this meaning.
helping 這個意思指食物的份量，就是別人盛給你，或你自己拿的一份。句型是「a helping of + 食物」，像「a helping of rice」（一碗飯的量）、「a small helping of soup」（一小份湯）。被問「Would you like a second helping?」的時候，意思是「還要再來一份嗎？」，不是「要不要我再幫你一次？」。這是家裡或餐廳裡的說法，不太文雅。
同樣的拼法也是動詞 help 的 -ing 形式，例句「She is helping him」（她正在幫他），但這裡的意思只指食物份量。如果情境裡沒有盤子，大家就聽不出這個意思。
From the word’s history
From Middle English helping; help + -ing.
源自中古英文 helping，就是 help 加上 -ing。
組成help + -ing. From Middle English helping / helpinge. The -ing ending here makes a noun: the portion that is “helped” onto the plate.
同家族的字
- helpthe verb; this noun is the -ing form used for a serving of food
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
helpingnoun詞源 1/ˈhɛlpɪŋ/
- 1
The act of giving aid or assistance (to).
- She finds great joy in helping people.
- 2
A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
- She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.
- 3
An amount or quantity.
- Wayne Rooney marked his England return with the goal that secured a place in Euro 2012's last eight - but it was a rough passage eased by helpings of good fortune and controversy against Ukraine.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。