田徑項目：越過越高的那根桿
這一支就是核心畫面本身。
noun · B1
A sports event in which you run up to a bar, jump over it without knocking it down, and then the bar is raised a little higher for the next round.
跳高
核心畫面
You can think of one thin bar held up between two posts, going up a little after every round. Everyone who gets over stays in; the moment you cannot get over, you are out. The words name that whole event, which is why they nearly always come with the — it is a fixed thing with rules, not simply the act of jumping high.
可以想成兩根柱子中間架著一根細細的橫桿，每跳完一輪就往上升一點。過得去的人留下來，過不去的那一刻就出局。這兩個字指的…更多收起
可以想成兩根柱子中間架著一根細細的橫桿，每跳完一輪就往上升一點。過得去的人留下來，過不去的那一刻就出局。這兩個字指的是「整個項目」，所以前面幾乎一定帶 the——它是一件有規則的固定事情，不是隨口說的「跳得高」。From the word’s history
The supplied source records the word as high + jump, so the name says exactly what happens: a jump measured by height.
手上的資料把這個詞記為 high 加 jump 合成，所以名字本身就把事情說完了：用高度來比的一種跳。
Wiktionary entry for 'high jump' supplied in this packet (etymology_text: 'From high + jump.'), source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1330896392
Two branches
英式口語：要挨罰了
這一支不能從跳高的畫面推出來。手上的資料沒有說明它的來源，所以我們不替它編一個由來；整句一起記就好。
noun · C1
If someone is for the high jump, they are going to be punished or told off for something they have done wrong.
要挨罰了