核心畫面

Start from the build: kick plus -er, the one that kicks. English uses -er for people and for things alike, so a kicker can be a person with a kicking job, or a part that gives something a sudden shove. Both keep the same picture — one short, sharp push that sends something somewhere it was not going a second ago.

先看組裝方式:kick(踢)加上 -er(做這件事的那個)。英文的 -er 可以指人,也可以指東西。所以 kicke更多收起先看組裝方式:kick(踢)加上 -er(做這件事的那個)。英文的 -er 可以指人,也可以指東西。所以 kicker 可以是隊上專門踢球的球員,也可以是機器裡把東西彈開的那個部件。兩邊共用同一個畫面:一下短而有力的推送,把某樣東西送到它一秒前還去不了的地方。抓住這一下,比記住一堆行業用法有用得多。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives the form as kick + -er.

來源資料寫的是 kick 加 -er,也就是「踢的那一個」。

Wiktionary etymology_text in packet: From kick + -er (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:968282302)

Two branches

負責踢的那個人

-er 指人的那一半,畫面完全照字面走。

noun · B1

A player in a sports team whose job is to kick the ball, especially to score points. More widely, anyone who is doing the kicking.

(球隊裡的)踢球員

最後補上的那一腳

同一下短而有力的推送,從球場搬到說話上:故事講完了,最後再補一腳。

noun · B2

The surprising detail that comes at the end of a story or situation and changes how you feel about the whole thing. It is often bad news, and it is usually the part the speaker has saved until last.

最後那個令人意外的關鍵