free-running
free-running — 名詞
1. Free-running is a physical discipline that involves moving rapidly through urban
自由跑酷
在城市環境中跨越障礙的極限運動
Free-running is a physical discipline that involves moving rapidly through urban environments — over walls, rails, rooftops, and other obstacles — using jumps, climbs, and acrobatic moves such as flips and spins as a form of creative self-expression.
Every Sunday, Vikram climbs walls and flips between railings while practising free-running with friends.
每個星期天，Vikram 和朋友們練習自由跑酷時爬牆、翻越欄杆。
practise free-running with specific moves (climb, flip)
The free-running demonstration at the plaza featured athletes flipping over rails, which amazed the watching crowd.
廣場上的自由跑酷表演中，選手們飛越欄杆，令觀眾驚嘆不已。
Élise started free-running after watching a video of athletes jumping between rooftops.
Élise 在看了一段運動員跳躍於屋頂之間的影片後，開始接觸自由奔跑。
Sofia leaped across a two-metre gap between rooftops and landed in a roll — a free-running move.
Sofia 躍過兩公尺的屋頂間隙，落地後翻滾——一個標準的自由跑酷動作。
- parkour
Similar urban movement discipline but prioritises efficiency over style; flips and spins are generally avoided.
- freerunning
Alternative spelling of the same activity, equally common in online communities.
文法句型
free-running + [activity noun]
practise / do + free-running
常見錯誤
free-running — 形容詞
1. Used in biology to describe an internal body process, such as a daily sleep-wake
自由運行的
不受外界環境調控的生物節律
Used in biology to describe an internal body process, such as a daily sleep-wake cycle, that runs on its own natural schedule and is not controlled or reset by outside factors like sunlight or temperature.
A person in a dark room still shows a free-running circadian rhythm for days.
待在暗室中的人，其自由運行的晝夜節律仍會持續數日。
free-running circadian rhythm — technical collocation
In the lab, the hamsters showed a free-running activity cycle of about twenty-four hours.
在實驗室中，這些倉鼠展現出約二十四小時的自由運作活動週期。
Dr. Chen studied free-running rhythms in mice kept in constant darkness for two weeks.
陳博士研究了在持續黑暗中兩週的小鼠的自由運行節律。
In mice, a free-running rhythm lasts about twenty-five hours without a light cycle.
老鼠體內的自由運作節律在沒有光週期的情況下可持續約二十五小時。
- endogenous
Describes a process originating from within the organism, close in meaning but broader; not limited to rhythmic cycles.
- self-sustained
Emphasises that the rhythm persists without outside input, used interchangeably in research papers.
- entrained
Describes a rhythm that is reset or synchronised by an environmental cue such as light or temperature.
文法句型
free-running + [biological noun]
用法筆記
Almost exclusively found in biology and chronobiology research writing. Not used in everyday conversation.