kickboard
/ˈkɪk.bɔːd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɪk.bɔːrd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkik-ˌbȯrd/ (ame, mw)
kickboard — 名詞
- kickboardsingular
- kickboardsplural
1. a flat piece of lightweight foam or plastic that stays afloat in water; a swimme
踢水板
練習游泳時雙手扶著的浮板
a flat piece of lightweight foam or plastic that stays afloat in water; a swimmer holds it with both hands to support their upper body while practising leg-kicking movements
Every Saturday, Wei grabs a kickboard from the pool deck before her swimming lesson starts.
每個星期六，Wei 在上游泳課前會先拿一塊踢水板。
collocation: grab a kickboard
Pablo used a purple kickboard to practise kicking across the shallow end of the pool.
Pablo 用一塊紫色的踢水板練習在游泳池淺水區用腳打水。
The coach handed Diego a red kickboard and asked him to do ten laps with only his legs.
教練遞給 Diego 一塊紅色的踢水板，要他只用雙腳踢完十趟。
Jing's younger brother can swim all the way across the pool using just a kickboard.
Jing 的弟弟光靠一塊踢水板就能游完整個游泳池。
After the swimming class ended, Eva stacked the wet kickboards beside the lifeguard station.
游泳課結束後，Eva 把濕答答的踢水板疊放在救生員站旁邊。
- float
a broader term that can refer to any buoyant training aid, not specifically the hand-held board shape
- swim board
less common alternative name, used mainly in some retail or coaching contexts
- leg float
informal term focusing on the leg-training purpose of the device
用法筆記
Always countable; the plural form kickboards is common when referring to multiple items stored together. This term is not used in figurative or idiomatic expressions.