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Calisthenics is the usual American spelling of (British English often keeps the extra l). It means exercise you do with your own body: push-ups, sit-ups, squats, jumping jacks — strength and looseness without gym machines, and often without weights. The name was built from Greek for “beauty” and “strength,” so the old picture was , strong movement, not only sweating.
"Calisthenics"Calisthenics"is the usual American spelling of callisthenics"是callisthenics常見的美式拼法"(British English often keeps the extra l)"(英式英文常常保留多的那個l)。"It means exercise you do with your own body"意思是用自己身體做的運動:"push-ups, sit-ups, squats, jumping jacks"push-ups伏地挺身、sit-ups仰臥起坐、squats深蹲、jumping jacks開合跳——"strength and looseness without gym machines"不用健身器材就能練力量和柔軟度,"and often without weights"而且通常不用啞鈴之類的重量。"The name was built from Greek for “beauty” and “strength,”"這個字是從希臘文的「美」和「力量」組合出來的,"so the old picture was graceful, strong movement, not only sweating"所以原本的畫面是優雅又有力的動作,而不只是流汗而已。
Though actually, American schools and coaches also use it for a short warm-up of simple moves, which can sound rather official or a little old-fashioned; many younger people just say bodyweight training, or name the move. In parks you may also hear it for harder bar work (pull-ups, muscle-ups). So the word stretches from gentle PE to serious street workouts.
"Though actually, American schools and coaches also use it for a short warm-up of simple moves"不過事實上,美國學校和教練也會用這個字指一小段簡單動作的熱身,"which can sound rather official or a little old-fashioned"聽起來會有點官方或老派;"many younger people just say bodyweight training, or name the move"很多年輕人就直接說bodyweight training徒手重量訓練,或直接講動作的名稱。"In parks you may also hear it for harder bar work"在公園裡你也可能聽到它指更難的單槓動作"(pull-ups, muscle-ups)"(像pull-ups引體向上、muscle-ups撐體上槓)。"So the word stretches from gentle PE to serious street workouts"所以這個字的範圍,從輕鬆的體育課一路延伸到很硬派的街頭健身。
This one-l spelling is the one American books and apps will show you.
"This one-l spelling is the one American books and apps will show you"這個只有一個l的拼法,就是美國書籍和App裡會看到的那種。
組成From Ancient Greek kállos, “beauty,” + sthénos, “strength,” + English -ics (as in athletics): the practice of beautiful strength.
同家族的字
- callisthenicsthe usual British spelling, with an extra l
- calligraphyshares Greek kállos, “beauty”
原始詞典資料2 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。
calisthenicsnoun/ˌkæ.lɪsˈθɛ.nɪks/
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Physical exercises with the participation of a multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises); strength training aspects and cardio aspects are both involved, and stamina is often a focus.
- Just before sacktime, the Captain stood beside his sleeping bag doing his daily calisthenics; stripped down to his flaming red long johns, […]
- The husband-hunt had been a failure. Carlo had taken at least a dozen potential Misters Right on test runs of longer or shorter duration—perhaps a few lines of IM [instant messaging], perhaps a couple of promising dates, or sexual calisthenics.
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A system of such exercises.
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。