核心畫面

A wide blade moving forward and shoving whatever is in front of it out to the sides. That is a plough in a field, and it is a snow plough on a road. Nothing is picked up and nothing is carried away: it is all pushed aside, and what was pushed ends up piled along the edge.

可以想成一片寬寬的板子往前推,把前面的東西全部往兩邊撥開。田裡的犁這樣翻土,路上的鏟雪車也這樣撥雪。雪沒有被帶走,只更多收起可以想成一片寬寬的板子往前推,把前面的東西全部往兩邊撥開。田裡的犁這樣翻土,路上的鏟雪車也這樣撥雪。雪沒有被帶走,只是被推到旁邊,所以路清出來的同時,路邊就堆起一長條。這個「往前推、往兩側撥」的畫面,是這一頁兩個意思共用的東西。

Two branches

推雪的車與車頭的鏟板

這是畫面最直接的一層:那片板子被裝上車,真的開到路上去推雪。

noun · B1

A vehicle that pushes snow off a road, railway line or runway, or the wide blade fixed to the front of a vehicle that does the pushing.

鏟雪車

滑雪時用腳做出的犁形

同一個畫面換成用腳做:兩支雪板排成尖端朝前的 V 形,滑下去時把雪往兩邊撥開,人就慢了下來。

noun · B2

A skiing position in which you hold the tips of your skis close together and push the back ends wide apart, making a V shape that slows you down and helps you turn.

犁式煞車(滑雪)