| 释义 |
Kung-fu, kung-fu|kʊŋˈfuː, kʌŋ-|
Also without hyphen.
[Chinese.]
The Chinese form of karate. Also attrib.
1966Punch 14 Sept. 388/3 Kung-fu is here. 1968Clarendonian XXII. 270 Chinese Kung-fu is still taught today—but only as a Martial Art to a very select, carefully chosen few. 1970K. Platt Pushbutton Butterfly i. 9 The Chinese now call their form of karate Kung Fu... It's mostly leg-fighting. 1971‘A. Hall’ Warsaw Document xvii. 213 It was probably kaminari, a bastardized form of kung fu. 1974Listener 17 Jan. 93/3 The plot..hinges on Lee wiping out an ex-monk, Kung-fu (martial arts) vice chief. 1974Bookseller 13 Apr. 1961/1 There has been a great upsurge of popular interest recently in kung fu, the ancient Chinese art of self-defence, encouraged by the films of Bruce Lee..and the television series Kung Fu. |