喜樂美語

核心畫面

Hold on to something that turns over and over and does not stop: a wheel on a road, a wave coming in, a ball across a floor. Nothing about it is sharp. It rises, it falls, it comes round again, and the point that touches the ground keeps changing. Lay that picture on land and you get long soft . Lay it on work and you get a job that keeps going, a piece at a time. Lay it on sound and you get thunder that rumbles on instead of cracking once.

可以想成一個一直翻過去、停不下來的東西：路上的輪子、打進來的浪、地板上滾動的球。它沒有稜角，只有一起一伏，而且碰到地…更多收起可以想成一個一直翻過去、停不下來的東西：路上的輪子、打進來的浪、地板上滾動的球。它沒有稜角，只有一起一伏，而且碰到地面的那一點一直在換。把這個畫面放到土地上，就是長長的、緩緩的坡；放到做事情上，就是工作沒停，一批接一批往前推；放到聲音上，就是雷聲滾過天空，不是「砰」一聲就沒了。這只是一個幫助記憶的想法。

From the word’s history

The source analyses the word as roll + -ing.

來源資料把這個字分析成 roll 加上 -ing，所以每個意思裡都還看得到「滾」這個動作的影子。

Wiktionary entry for rolling (packet field etymology_text: "By surface analysis, roll + -ing.")

Three branches

地形的長緩起伏

把浪的形狀留在地面上：一波一波，沒有陡坡，看過去是一大片柔和的線條。

adjective · B2

Used about land: having many long, gentle slopes that rise and fall, instead of being flat or steep.

起伏平緩的

一直往前推的做法

取的是輪子「沒停、但接觸點一直換」的那一面：事情一直在跑，只是每次只動一小部分。

adjective · B2

Done or happening in stages over a period of time — a bit at a time, or one group or area after another — instead of everything happening at once.

分批持續進行的、滾動式的

滾過去的低沉聲音

把同一個畫面換成聽的：聲音像球滾過地板，一路滾、一路響，不會一下就斷掉。

adjective · C1

Used about a deep sound such as thunder, drums or the sea: going on and on in long, low waves instead of stopping sharply.

隆隆作響的、一陣陣持續的

原始詞典資料12 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。

Rollingname

  • 1

    A surname.

rollingadj/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/

  • 1

    Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.

  • 2

    Staggered in time and space.

    • on a rolling basis
    • a 90-day rolling business plan
  • 3

    Moving by turning over and over about an axis.

    • The rolling mist came down and hid the land: / And never home came she.
  • 4

    Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).

    • From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.
    • 2002, Russell Allen & Michael Romeo, "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" of "The Odyssey", "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey. I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca
  • 5

    Making a continuous sound.

  • 6

    having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.

  • 7

    slangUnder the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).

rollingnoun/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/

  • 1

    The act by which something is rolled.

    • Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.
  • 2

    video-gamesA technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second.

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。