英和和英

語源

From body +‎ building.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/
• 韻: -ɪldɪŋ
• ハイフネーション: bo‧dy‧build‧ing

名詞

bodybuilding (uncountable)

1. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
   • 1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7:

     Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.

2. (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
   • 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258

     "In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights."

派生語

関連する語

• bodybuilder

派生した語

• → Dutch: bodybuilding
• → Danish: bodybuilding
• → Finnish: bodybuilding, bodaus
  • → Finnish: kehonrakennus (calque)
• → French: bodybuilding
• → Portuguese: bodybuilding
• → Swedish: bodybuilding

Further reading

• bodybuilding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bodybuilding on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

動詞

body-building

1. present participle and gerund of body-build