核心畫面
A person moving along on their own two feet — one foot always still on the ground, no rushing, going somewhere step by step. From that one picture the word grows two ways: it names the activity itself (a day out walking in the hills, or the race where you must keep one foot down), and it turns into a joke about a person, as if some quality had grown legs and were walking around inside them.
可以想成「一個人靠自己的兩隻腳往前移動」的畫面：總有一隻腳踩在地上，不急不趕，一步一步把自己帶到別的地方。這個字從這…更多收起
可以想成「一個人靠自己的兩隻腳往前移動」的畫面：總有一隻腳踩在地上，不急不趕，一步一步把自己帶到別的地方。這個字從這個畫面長出兩條路。一條留在字面上，指這件事本身——週末到山裡走一天，或是那種規定不准跑起來的競走比賽。另一條是玩笑話：把某個特質說成長了腳、在某個人身上到處走動，於是「他就是一本會走路的字典」。後面這條路只活在幾個固定說法裡，不能自己隨便造。原始詞典資料7 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。
walkingadj詞源 1/ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/
- 1
Incarnate as a human; living.
- Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
- Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
- 2
Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
- 3
Characterized by or suitable for walking.
- a walking tour
- good walking shoes
- 4
Heavily characterized by some given quality.
- Today, she is a walking miracle from God. She is vibrant, healthy and happy as she continues to battle AIDS.
- 5
entertainmentlifestylemusicBeing a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in Baroque music (1600–1750) and 20th century jazz, blues and rockabilly, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking.
- a walking bass, or walking bassline
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。