喜樂美語

核心畫面

Rising can be pictured as something caught in the middle of going up: the sun just off the horizon, a line climbing across a chart, water creeping up a wall, a name that more and more people are saying. The picture holds movement, not height. A rising thing has not arrived anywhere yet, and that unfinished feeling is what every use of the word keeps.

rising 可以想成「正在往上的那一刻」。太陽剛離開地平線、圖表上的線往右上爬、水位貼著牆壁升高、一個名字越來越多…更多收起rising 可以想成「正在往上的那一刻」。太陽剛離開地平線、圖表上的線往右上爬、水位貼著牆壁升高、一個名字越來越多人提起。這個畫面的重點不是「高」，而是「還在動」。所以 rising 底下幾乎每個意思，都帶著「還沒到終點」的味道：價格還會漲、新人還會更紅、學生還沒真的升上去。

From the word’s history

The supplied Wiktionary entry analyses the word on the surface as rise + -ing: the -ing form of the verb rise, used both to describe a noun and to name the action itself.

來源的 Wiktionary 把這個字拆成 rise + -ing，也就是動詞 rise 的 -ing 形式。這個 -ing 一邊讓它能放在名詞前面形容東西，一邊讓它能自己當名詞，指「往上這個動作」。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract 3f6f69a190036ae4), entry 'rising': 'By surface analysis, rise + -ing.'

Three branches

數量與高度往上

這一組就是核心畫面本身：東西正在往上，而且還沒停。

adjective · B1

Going up: moving to a higher place, or growing to a higher number, level, or rate. It describes something that is still in the middle of going up, not something that is simply high.

上升的；上漲的

地位與名聲往上

把往上的東西從數字換成人：往上的是名氣、年級、或整整一代人的位置。動作還沒完成，所以這一組全都帶著「接下來會更高」的期待。

adjective · B2

Becoming more successful, more important, or better known. It is used before a noun, about a person, a group, or a place that is moving up in its field.

崛起中的；竄紅的

人民起來反抗

還是往上，只是主角變成一群人：他們從原本的位置「站起來」，對著上面的權力。中文說「起義、起來反抗」，用的正好是同一個動作。

noun · C1

A sudden attempt by a large group of people to force a government or a ruler out of power, usually by fighting.

起義；暴動

原始詞典資料10 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。

Risingname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

risingnoun/ˈɹaɪzɪŋ/

  • 1

    Rebellion.

  • 2

    The act of something that rises.

    • the risings and fallings of a thermometer
    • Still talking—more to herself than to the children—she swam into a majestical dance of the stateliest balancings, the haughtiest wheelings and turnings aside, the most dignified sinkings, the gravest risings, all joined together by the elaboratest interlacing steps and circles.
  • 3

    datedA dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.

    • salt rising
    • milk rising

risingadj/ˈɹaɪzɪŋ/

  • 1

    Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.

  • 2

    Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.

    • A student in the rising Senior Freshman Class, who may not have passed the preceding Michaelmas Examination, will be allowed to join the School and attend Lectures during Michaelmas Term, for which he will receive credit, on condition that he passes the ensuing Hilary Examination with the Senior Freshman Class.
    • Residential colleges at Princeton are “really central to your identity on campus,” especially as a freshman, Ms. Chaffers, who is a rising junior, said in an interview on Saturday.
  • 3

    governmentheraldryhobbiesHaving its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile.

risingprep/ˈɹaɪzɪŋ/

  • 1

    datedslangMore than; exceeding; upwards of.

    • Affairs in Canada, with a population that had grown to rising ten thousand, seemed to be going from worse to worse.

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 Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。