核心畫面

One way to hold this word: picture a huge wooden wagon carrying an idol, pulled by hundreds of people with ropes. Once it is rolling, nobody can stop it just by deciding to, and whatever is in front of it gets . Both modern meanings look like something growing out of that one slow, , road-filling mass.

可以想成一台人拉著走的巨大木車,車上載著神像,上百個人一起拉著繩子。它一旦滾動起來,就不是誰想停就停得下來;擋在前面更多收起可以想成一台人拉著走的巨大木車,車上載著神像,上百個人一起拉著繩子。它一旦滾動起來,就不是誰想停就停得下來;擋在前面的東西只能被輾過去。juggernaut 的兩個意思,都像從這台停不下來的大車長出來的。

From the word’s history

Borrowed into English in India in the 17th century from a name of the Hindu deity Jagannath (Sanskrit jagannatha, lord of the universe). The English sense comes from the Rath Yatra chariot procession at Puri, where a huge wagon carrying the idol is pulled forward with ropes.

十七世紀從印度傳進英語,來自印度神明 Jagannath(梵文 jagannātha,「世界之主」)。這個字在英語裡的意思,來自普里的 Rath Yatra 遊行:一台載著神像的巨大木車被繩子拉著前進。

Wiktionary entry juggernaut (packet evidence wikt:juggernaut:noun, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:342146817)

Two branches

擋不住的力量

這一支就是那台大車本身的意思被搬到抽象的東西上。

noun · C1

A force, an organization, or a movement that is so big and so strong that nothing can stop it, and that pushes aside or crushes whatever stands in its way.

擋不住的龐大力量

路上的龐然大物(英式)

這一支是把畫面again放回一台真的車上,只是這次是公路上的貨車。

noun · C2

In British and Irish English, a very large and heavy truck that carries goods long distances by road, usually one with a separate trailer. People often choose this word when they think such trucks are too big for the roads they are using.

大貨車;聯結車