| 单词 | crawl-stroke |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrawl-stroke c. In full crawl-stroke. A high-speed swimming stroke, in which the swimmer, lying face-downwards, usually with the face submerged, makes alternate overhand arm-strokes assisted by the quick movement of the legs. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific hand over hand1844 sidestroke1852 breast swimming1861 steamer1861 breaststroke1864 dog paddle1874 backstroke1876 trudgen1893 frog kick1896 overstroke1902 scissors kick1902 crawl1903 scissors1908 freestyle1916 doggy paddle1921 front crawl1924 back-crawl1929 butterfly stroke1934 butterfly1936 butterfly kick1937 1903 A. Sinclair & W. Henry Swimming (ed. 4) iii. 89 A young swimmer named R. Cavill, who revolutionised all ideas about speed swimming for short distances by introducing a further modification of this style [sc. the ‘Trudgen’], which was at once termed the ‘crawl’ stroke. 1906 B. L. Taylor & W. C. Gibson Extra Dry 32 Arthur Haddock..swam out with a rope in his teeth, using the Australian crawl. 1912 F. Sachs Compl. Swimmer 144 The double over-arm and crawl racers. 1926 Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. To the school children across the Atlantic the ‘crawl’ is as natural as the ancient ‘breast’ stroke to the average British child. 1930 J. Weissmuller (title) Swimming the American Crawl. 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood (1936) xv. 340 He about-faced and swam the crawl stroke back to the pool edge. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. ix. 179 The type of stroke known as the Australian crawl—apparently first introduced about 1901. 1957 P. G. Wodehouse Over Seventy xvii. 160 Perfecting my Australian crawl in the swimming-pool. < as lemmas |
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