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单词 parcours
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parcoursn.

Brit. /pɑːˈkɔːz/, /ˌpɑːˈkɔː(s)/, U.S. /pɑrˈkɔr(s)/
Forms: 1900s– parcours, 1900s– parcourse (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parcours.
Etymology: < French parcours course (1856 in sports sense, used of horseracing; 1268 in Old French in sense ‘agreement concerning migration of tenants’), alteration (after par- per- prefix and cours course n.) of post-classical Latin percursus right to drive pigs into a forest (11th cent.), right to pursue game into a forest (from 12th cent. in British sources, from 13th cent. in continental sources), agreement concerning migration of tenants (12th cent.) < classical Latin percurs- , past participial stem of percurrere percur v. + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns.In form parcourse in quot. 1977 perhaps after course n.
Originally and chiefly North American.
A jogging track with exercise stations situated at intervals along the course.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > course or track
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parcours1971
1971 Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 8 Oct. 10/4 A parcourse is a jogging track interspersed with prescribed exercises which are posted at equal intervals.
1977 Newsweek 23 May 82/2 The Parcourse, a Swiss-invented combination of jogging trail and outdoor gymnasium. A Parcourse is a 2-mile-long circuit studded with twenty exercise stations.
1990 Los Angeles May 78/1 Tennis courts, pools, spas, a parcours jogging track and a health club make for a great—and very active—getaway.
2001 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 26 Apr. 10 The parcours is kind of an example of not exactly interval training, but..what we think of now as cross-training... At some stations you do flexibility exercises, some agility and some for strength work.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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