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单词 parkour
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parkourn.

Brit. /pɑːˈkɔː/, U.S. /ˌpɑrˈkɔr/
Forms: 2000s– parcour, 2000s– parkour. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French parkour, parcours.
Etymology: < French parkour, altered spelling of parcours parcours n.
The discipline or activity of moving rapidly and freely over or around the obstacles presented by an (esp. urban) environment by running, jumping, climbing, etc.; (frequently) = free running n.Parkour and free running are frequently taken to be synonymous, although in some usage the two are differentiated, with parkour emphasizing the importance of efficiency and fluidity of movement, while free running places more emphasis on acrobatic techniques, performance, and self-expression; cf. quot. 2009 at free running n.
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2002 Evening Standard 18 Apr. 3/2 The rooftop surfing, however, is part of a new form of urban martial arts currently taking France by storm. Called Le Parkour—the obstacle course—it is a mixture of acrobatics and daredevil antics.]
2002 Daily Express 19 Apr. 19 David Belle invented the art of Parkour while he was growing up in a Paris suburb in the Eighties.
2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 May m3/1 (heading) In the growing discipline of parkour, railings become gymnastics bars and trash cans become vault boxes as adrenaline junkies treat the city as their playground.
2009 Archit. Rev. Aug. 25/3 So commissions imaginatively include, for example, a team of Danish parkour artists, who will be flipping and bouncing across a public square.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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