1. 1騎機車這項活動、機車運動(當興趣或運動看待的那種騎車)。台灣日常通勤騎小綿羊不太算,那叫「騎車」;motorcycling 偏向重機的休閒或賽事。

    Motorcycling is the activity of riding a motorcycle — either as a sport, or as a hobby you do on weekends, or simply as the general subject of riding bikes. It is the -ing word for the whole activity, the way 'swimming' or 'fishing' names the thing you do rather than one time you did it. So you meet it in phrases like 'motorcycling is dangerous in the rain', 'a motorcycling magazine', 'he gave up motorcycling after the accident', or 'the motorcycling world'. It feels a little formal and a little British — the word you would see in a magazine title, a club name, or a safety report. Between friends, most people just say 'riding' or 'riding my bike': 'I went riding on Sunday' is far more natural than 'I went motorcycling on Sunday'. And here is something students should hold on to: in English a motorcycle means a big road bike, the kind with a large engine you ride sitting up. Your 125cc scooter that you park outside the MRT station is a scooter, not really a motorcycle, and going to work on it is not motorcycling — it is just going to work. Motorcycling suggests choosing to ride, for the pleasure of it.

組成motorcycle + -ing, the ending that turns an action into the name of the activity, like swim → swimming. And motorcycle itself is motor (engine) + cycle (a two-wheeled machine, from Greek kuklos, a circle or wheel).

同家族的字

  • bicyclesame cycle — bi- means two, so two wheels
  • cyclistsame cycle root
  • recyclesame Greek kuklos, a circle — to send round again

原始詞典資料2 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。

motorcyclingnoun

  • 1

    The activity or hobby of travelling on a motorcycle.

    • Near-synonym: motorbiking
    • Others, mostly behelmeted casual bikers whose enthusiasm for motorcycling is a monthly Sunday morning ride, also took in the gleam of the chrome and outrageous styling, but were confused that it had a Honda badge on it rather than Harley’s winged logo.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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