核心畫面

One way to picture pounding: the same spot being struck hard, and then struck again, and again, with a rhythm you can hear or feel. Two things have to be there — weight in each blow, and a blow that keeps coming. From that one picture you can walk : rain on a roof, a heart in a chest, or something that has been hit so many times it starts to give way.

pounding 的畫面可以想成:同一個地方被重重打了一下,接著又一下,一直打下去,而那個節奏你聽得到、也感覺得到。更多收起pounding 的畫面可以想成:同一個地方被重重打了一下,接著又一下,一直打下去,而那個節奏你聽得到、也感覺得到。這個畫面裡有兩個必要的條件,一個是「重」,一個是「一直來」。少了其中一個,就不會用這個字:輕輕敲不算,只打一下也不算。從這個畫面往外走,可以走到打在東西上的雨和浪,走到胸口裡跳得很用力的心臟,也可以走到被打太多次、開始撐不住的那一方。

Three branches

打在東西上的重擊:聽得到的那一面

這一組就是核心畫面本身:外面有東西一下一下重重打在表面上,通常也帶著聲音。名詞講那個動作或聲音,形容詞把同樣的畫面搬到名詞前面。

noun · B2

The action or the sound of something hitting a surface very hard, again and again.

一下一下的重擊(聲)

打在身體裡的重擊:感覺得到的那一面

重擊的位置從外面移到身體裡:心臟撞著胸口,一下一下。條件完全沒變,還是又重又連續,只是這次施力的是自己。

noun · B2

The action or sound of your heart beating hard, usually when you are afraid, excited, or have just been moving fast.

心臟怦怦跳(的感覺)

被重擊的一方:take a pounding

視角從「打」換成「被打」,而且固定包在 take a pounding 這個片語裡。字面的重擊有時真的發生(船撞碼頭),有時只是比喻(比分一直被追加)。

noun · B2

If a thing takes a pounding, it is hit or knocked many times, usually by waves, weather, or hard use, and is often damaged by it.

被反覆重擊、受損

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

poundingnoun/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/

  • 1

    An act in which something or someone is pounded.

    • “I took a few poundings in the past.”
  • 2

    An old-fashioned event to welcome someone (typically a new pastor) to a new community by bring gifts of storable food (a pound of coffee, flour, sugar, etc.) to help stock the pantry. It is somewhat similar to a “shower”.

poundingadj/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/

  • 1

    Characterized by heavy or loud throbs.

    • pounding rain
    • I have a pounding headache.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。