| 单词 | chamber horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschamber horse chamber horse n. now historical a piece of exercise equipment which simulates the motion of horse riding, typically consisting of a sprung chair on which the user sits and bounces up and down. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > equipment > others trochus1706 troque1743 chamber horse1747 dumb-bell1785 stock1831 rowing machine1848 chest-expander1850 weights1862 stationary bicycle1883 punching bag1888 medicine ball1895 punching ball1895 stationary bike1899 kettlebell1908 rower1933 Exercycle1936 exercise bicycle1937 exercise bike1946 exercise cycle1952 roller1970 life cycle1973 multi-gym1976 gut-buster1983 roller1992 1747 C. Cock Catal. Furnit. Duke of Chandos 5 A chamber horse compleat. 1797 J. Black Let. 13 June in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 278 A chamber horse or spring Chair gives me the most convenient exercise at present. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 248/2 The difference between riding a chamber-horse and a real one. 1948 Archit. Rev. 103 6 (caption) The great cabinet-maker [sc. Thomas Sheraton] designed this ‘chamber horse’ for the gentleman who wished his riding exercise regardless of the weather. 2006 New Scientist 7 Oct. 54/3 Cheyne recommended to Samuel Richardson that he compose his novel Pamela by dictating it while bouncing on a chamber horse. < as lemmas |
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