| 单词 | to train down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto train down to train down Originally slang. 1. transitive. To reduce, or reduce the weight or strength of, by exercise and diet, or by hard work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > training > train or coach [verb (transitive)] > weaken to train down1819 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 14 For they saw, notwithstanding Crib's honest endeavour To train down the crummy [footnote Fat], 'twas monstrous as ever! 1835 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. July 577 It was known that she had been trained down,..yet in the second heat she was not beaten more than half a length. 1879 Spectator 7 June 720 The beasts, always worn, for that terrible, incessant pulling trains them down almost visibly. 1916 M. Aldrich Told in French Garden v. 120 This was one of the periods in him which I knew so well—when a passion for work was on him, and the fever and fervor of creation trained him down like a racehorse. 1962 Life 15 June 104/2 He stands 5 ft. 11 in. and weighs 170 pounds trained down. 2001 Indianapolis Monthly Aug. 112/2 I start from scratch with a horse, introduce him to the harness and a sulky, jog him for miles and miles to get him in condition, then start training him down till he is fast enough to race. 2. intransitive. To reduce one's weight, or lose weight, by exercise and diet, or by hard work. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > slim [verb (intransitive)] > thin > by training waste1761 to train down1838 1838 Sportsman Aug. 96/2 Gentlemen of nervous irritability ought to train down a little before they go on a Welch journey. 1848 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 478 She..has straight quarters, and runs very light in the bone—training down, in fact, to a very wiry, but not by any means a handsome animal. 1866 A. Maclaren Training 22 Under it a powerful man dwindles; and this, not from ‘training down’ as the phrase goes. 1908 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 24/1 ‘You've trained so hard, child. You've trained down to a point where it's dangerous for you to try to live.’ ‘Trained down, grandmother? I am very well.’ 1956 Muscle Power Mar. 5/1 Vince Gironda,..shown here after training down from 180 lbs. to 165 lbs. 2006 A. J. Pollack John L. Sullivan iv. 28 Generally, fighters intentionally trained down in weight for London Prize Ring fights because the fights could last indefinitely. < as lemmas |
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