aerobics
pronunciation
How to pronounce aerobics in British English:
UK [eəˈrəʊbɪks]
How to pronounce aerobics in American English:
US [eˈroʊbɪks]
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- Noun:
- exercise that increases the need for oxygen
Word Origin
- aerobics (n.)
- method of exercise and a fad in early 1980s, American English, coined 1968 by Kenneth H. Cooper, U.S. physician, from aerobic (also see -ics) on the notion of activities which require modest oxygen intake and thus can be maintained.
Example
- 1. Is this your very first advanced aerobics class ?
- 2. Now 's a good time to give water jogging or water aerobics a try .
- 3. But as I 've said , he didn 't give up easily , and he doggedly learned again how to fasten his belt ; to peck out sentences on his computer ; to walk alone , one foot dragging , to the university pool for water aerobics .
- 4. It 's a form of existential aerobics , a moving meditation .
- 5. Take a jog or an aerobics class .