单词 | workout |
释义 | workoutn. Originally U.S. 1. Originally: a practice run for a racehorse. Now more generally: a session of physical exercise or training; (also) a practice session for a particular sport. Cf. to work out 12 at work v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest > for practice workout1892 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] playeOE stirringa1400 laboura1530 exercisea1533 activity1542 motion1568 gymnastic1598 gymnastics1652 capriccio1665 grind1857 physical drill1873 ekker1891 physical jerks1917 daily dozen1918 workout1923 sexercise1942 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > [noun] > practice net practice1899 workout1963 1892 San Francisco Chron. 6 June 5/4 The watch clicked at the finish of her half-mile workout. 1895 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 25 July 5/2 Gentry gained a lead..of fully 100 yards. This gap was shortened to some extent before the finish was reached, but Gentry was simply having a good workout. 1917 C. Mathewson Second Base Sloan 259 The morning's work-out ended with practice on the bases. 1923 H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood iii. 96 I ain't going to get no gym workout. 1963 A. Ross Australia 63 vii. 128 Both teams had work-outs at the Oval, over-watered pitches making net practice impracticable. 1972 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. 6/8 I am not suggesting that old people should do strenuous physical work-outs, but stiff joints and muscles may be helped by properly supervised exercises. 1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 74/3 He briefly speaks with other boxers, stopping to watch their workouts and comment on punching angles and footwork. 2011 J. Boice Good & Ghastly 177 His own face still hot and red after that morning's intense advanced-stage total body workout. 2. figurative and in extended use.In quot. 1895: (apparently) an instance of making a person run like a racehorse undertaking a practice session. ΚΠ 1895 Danville (Indiana) Republican 24 Oct. 7/3 Danville has been over-run with tramps... Our city marshal should give these globe-trotters a thorough work-out whenever they visit us. 1910 National Builder May 18/2 (advt.) Give it [sc. a floor scraper] a thorough ‘work out’—and if it doesn't do the best work you ever saw—return it to me and the trial won't cost you a cent. 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra i. 17 Four of the young men had had work-outs with her off the dance floor, and as a result Constance was not a virgin. 1941 Punch 10 Sept. 222 This passage of rich prose is designed as a sort of test or work-out for the new alphabet. 1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 173/1 The Villa-Lobos provides a thorough workout for the bassoon. 2005 K. Post Brain Tattoos iv. 52 Give your mind a workout. Set yourself an idea quota for a challenge you are working on. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1909 Automobile Topics 19 June 719/2 Strang..was the star of the workout session. 1960 Sunday Express 27 Nov. 14/3 Work-out gymnasia with..general slimming equipment. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Apr. 56/1 (advt.) A multitude of weight training systems designed to accommodate your kind of workout room. 2011 S. Pinkerton Fall of House of Forbes iii. 16 An in-house trainer to customize workout routines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1892 |
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