单词 | standing press |
释义 | > as lemmasstanding press standing press n. (a) Bookbinding a screw press with a heavy base used to press the pages of a book together; (b) an exercise in which a person raises a weight, such as a barbell or a dumb-bell, above the head. ΚΠ 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 352 He puts them into the Standing Press,..observing to set in every Pile..an equal number of Books, that each Pile may equally feel the force of the Screw. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1643/1 Pawl-press, a standing press used by book-binders and printers for pressing sheets, etc. 1953 Physical Educ. 45 Other fundamental weight-lifting exercises are the press on bench, snatch, pull-over, standing press and some form of back extension exercise. 2007 R. Dos Remedios Power Training xiv. 141/1 Even movements like standing presses and bentover rows require substantial core strength to stabilize during these exercises. 2013 Sunshine Coast (Queensland) Daily (Nexis) 11 June 20 The process of bookbinding began with folding and collating pages. The folded pages went into a standing press. < as lemmas |
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