喜樂美語

核心畫面

Think of a set of rules with a hole cut in it. The rules still say what has to happen — reach the far wall, win the round, fill two minutes of music — but where they would normally say how, there is nothing. That hole is what freestyle names, and every use of the word is something coming through it: the picking a stroke, the picking a line, the rapper picking the next word a second before saying it. Because the hole is where a person's own choices show, the word ends up meaning improvised, and finally just .

可以想成一套規則，中間被挖了一個洞。規則還是規定了要達成什麼：游到對岸、贏下那一局、撐滿兩分鐘。但本來該寫「怎麼做」…更多收起可以想成一套規則，中間被挖了一個洞。規則還是規定了要達成什麼：游到對岸、贏下那一局、撐滿兩分鐘。但本來該寫「怎麼做」的地方，是空的。freestyle 指的就是那個洞。這個字的每一種用法，都是從那個洞裡冒出來的東西：泳者挑泳姿、滑雪的人挑路線、饒舌的人在出口前一秒才挑到下一個字。因為那個洞正好是「人自己做選擇」的位置，這個字後來也就帶上了「即興」的意思，最後乾脆變成「沒計畫」。

From the word’s history

The supplied source gives the word as free plus style: the style is the part that is left free. Everything the word does today can be read off that join.

供給的資料把這個字拆成 free 加 style：被放開的正是 style（方式）那一半。今天這個字的每一種用法，幾乎都能從這個組合直接讀出來。

Wiktionary entry supplied in this evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:836985884), etymology text: From free + style.

Two branches

比賽不規定方式

這一支就是那個洞本身，出現在最早的地方：比賽規則裡。

noun · B2

A form of a sport in which competitors may choose their own moves or their own method, instead of following one set way. Freestyle wrestling and freestyle skiing both work like this.

自由式（不限方式的比賽）

當場想、當場做

洞的位置從「用什麼動作」換成「什麼時候想」：內容不是事先準備好的，是在做的當下長出來的。

noun · B2

A rap performance in which the performer makes the words up while performing, without writing or planning them first.

即興饒舌

原始詞典資料11 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。

freestylenoun/ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/

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    hobbieslifestylesportsA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.

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    hobbieslifestylesportsA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.

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    hobbieslifestyleskiingA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.

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    hobbieslifestyleskiingA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.

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    governmenthobbieslifestyleA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.

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    entertainmentlifestylemusicA form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.

    • In the world of hip hop, many freestyle artists have been known to speak, “Check one, check two!” into the microphone. The phrasing serves two purposes: (1) to put the freestyle artist on rhythm with the beat and (2) […]
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    Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way.

    • (While there are definitely a large number of Japanese cookbooks out there with detailed instructions and measurements, it was this freestyle cooking philosophy I most frequently encountered.)

freestyleverb/ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/

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    To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.

    • And just hours after the famous golfer died in an airplane accident, I freestyled to a less talented rival, “Stop now before you get hurt / Your whole style should never take flight like Payne Stewart.”
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    To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.

  • 3

    To improvise something in an unrestricted way.

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。