English Dictionary

bout

/ˈbaʊt/

noun

A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant. / (boxing) A boxing match. / (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept. / (roller derby) A roller derby match.

I had a bout of flu last week.

意味（1）

A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant.

a bout of drought.

意味（2）

(boxing) A boxing match.

意味（3）

(fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.

意味（4）

(roller derby) A roller derby match.

意味（5）

A fighting competition.

Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.

意味（6）

(music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.

意味（7）

(dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.

The outside bout of each land is ploughed two inches deeper, and from thence the water runs into cross furrows, which are dug with a spade […] I have an instrument of great power, called a scarifier, for this purpose. It is drawn by four horses, and completely prepares the land for the seed at each bout.