You can think of bearing as the -ing noun of bear, 'to carry or hold'. The picture underneath can be something being carried or held up: a person carries themselves in a certain way, a metal part holds a turning shaft, a walker carries a direction in their head, and one fact carries a link to another.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary records bearing as Middle English bering, formed from the verb bear plus -ing; the verb goes back to Old English beran, 'to bear, carry'. So the noun starts life as 'the carrying' and the modern uses are all things that carry, hold, or head somewhere.
依 Wiktionary 的記載，bearing 來自中古英語 bering，由動詞 bear 加上 -ing 構成；bear 這個動詞可以上溯到古英語，意思是「承載、帶著」。所以這個名詞一開始就是「承載這件事本身」。今天的幾種用法，不管是撐住的零件、心裡的方向，還是一個人的儀態，都還帶著那個「承載」的底。
Wiktionary (English) entry 'bearing', etymology 1 & 2, supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:761335340 / :761349876)
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原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
bearingadj詞源 1/ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/
- 1
That bears (some specified thing).
- a gift-bearing visitor
- 2
Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
- That's a bearing wall.
bearingnoun詞源 2/ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/
- 1
engineeringmechanicalmechanical-engineeringA mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.
- The smaller 1/4" shank version features a bearing at the top edge to limit depth of cut, making it especially useful for curved glue joints.
- 2
nauticaltransportThe horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
- This volume would have been at least twice as large, if I had not made bold to strike out innumerable passages relating to the winds and tides, as well as to the variations and bearings in the several voyages, together with the minute descriptions of the management of the ship in storms, in the style of sailors; likewise the account of longitudes and latitudes; [...]
- 3
One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
- Do we go left here or straight on? Hold on, let me just get my bearings.
- I started a new job last week, and I still haven't quite found my bearings.
- 4
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
- That has no bearing on this issue.
- But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies.
- 5
One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
- She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.
- I know him by his bearing.
- 6
architectureThat part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
- A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
- 7
architectureThe portion of a support on which anything rests.
- 8
architectureThe unsupported span.
- The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
- 9
governmentheraldryhobbiesAny single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
- Holonyms: shield, escutcheon
- […]when the French seized Malta they were by no means so delicate. They effaced armorial bearings with their usual hot-headed eagerness; and a few years after they had torn down the coats of arms of the gentry, the heroes of Malta and Egypt were busy devising heraldry for themselves, and were wild to be barons and counts of the empire.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。