bench-press
bench-press — 名詞
1. a weight-training movement done by lying face-up on a padded bench, planting you
臥推
躺臥推舉槓鈴的訓練
a weight-training movement done by lying face-up on a padded bench, planting your feet flat on the ground, and raising a loaded barbell from your chest by extending both arms fully upward.
Diego adds two extra plates to the bar every time he does the bench press.
Diego 每次做臥推時都會在槓鈴上加兩片槓片。
collocation: do the bench press
The trainer showed Priya the correct elbow position during the bench press.
教練教 Priya 在臥推時手肘的正確位置。
preposition: during the bench press
Many weightlifters include the bench press in their weekly chest workout to build upper-body strength.
許多舉重選手將臥推納入每週的胸肌訓練菜單，以增強上半身力量。
After four sets of the bench press, Kenji's arms were too tired to lift anything else.
做完四組臥推後，Kenji 的手臂累得舉不起任何東西。
A standard bench press works the chest, shoulders, and triceps at the same time.
標準的臥推同時鍛鍊胸肌、肩膀和肱三頭肌。
- chest press
broader term that includes seated chest-press machines; bench press specifically implies lying on a bench with a free barbell
文法句型
the bench press
a bench press
bench press + verb
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when referring to the activity in general ('He trains bench press on Mondays'), but countable when referring to a single repetition or set ('He did five bench presses in a row').
常見錯誤
2. a piece of gym equipment consisting of a long padded seat and a metal frame that
臥推架
用於臥推的健身器材
a piece of gym equipment consisting of a long padded seat and a metal frame that holds a weighted bar above the lifter's chest.
The new bench press has safety clips that catch the bar if you lose your grip.
新的臥推架裝有安全卡扣，萬一失手可以接住槓鈴。
collocation: new bench press
Amara wiped the sweat off the bench press after finishing her final set of repetitions.
Amara 做完最後一組訓練後，把臥推架上的汗水擦拭乾淨。
Lars ordered a bench press for his home gym to avoid driving to the club.
Lars 訂了一組臥推架放家裡，就不用開車去健身房。
The bench press near the window was broken, so everyone waited for the other one.
窗邊那台臥推架壞了，大家都得排隊等另一台。
Mei-Lin checked that the locking pins on the bench press were tight before her warm-up.
Mei-Lin 在開始熱身前，先確認臥推架上的固定插銷已經鎖緊。
- bench press station
more specific term referring to the whole setup including the rack; slightly more formal
- bench press rack
emphasises the frame that holds the bar more than the seating bench
文法句型
a bench press
the bench press
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (EXERCISE): when you say 'He walked over to the bench press', you mean the piece of equipment; when you say 'He did the bench press', you mean the exercise. The equipment sense is always a countable noun.
常見錯誤
bench-press — 動詞
- bench-presspresent simple I / you / we / they
- bench-presses3rd person singular
- bench-pressing-ing form
- bench-pressedpast simple
1. to push a weighted bar upward from your chest while lying on a padded bench, as
推舉
進行臥推訓練動作
to push a weighted bar upward from your chest while lying on a padded bench, as a strength-training movement.
Chen can bench-press twice his own body weight after two years of regular training.
經過兩年規律訓練，Chen 已經能推舉相當於自己體重兩倍的重量。
transitive: bench-press + [weight]
Fatima warmed up by bench-pressing just the metal bar before adding any plates.
Fatima 先只推舉空槓鈴杆來熱身，然後才加上槓片。
The coach told Andre not to bench-press too fast on the way down to avoid injury.
教練告訴 Andre 下放時不要推舉太快，以免受傷。
Hana started to bench-press regularly after her doctor recommended upper-body strength training.
Hana 在醫生建議她做上半身肌力訓練後，開始規律練習推舉。
The team competes to see who can bench-press the most weight in a single lift.
全隊比賽誰能在一下推舉中舉起最重的重量。
- press
shorter form commonly used in gym settings; less specific as 'press' can also refer to overhead press or leg press
- chest-press
sometimes used interchangeably but can also refer to machine-based pressing, not necessarily with a free barbell on a bench
文法句型
bench-press + [weight]
bench-press + [number] + times
用法筆記
When used transitively, the object is typically a weight value ('bench-press 80 kilos') or the bar itself ('bench-press the barbell'). In informal gym contexts the hyphen is often dropped: 'He benches 100 kg'.