Definition

1. Noun:

   • Freestyle stroke: A swimming stroke characterized by alternating arm movements over the water and a continuous flutter kick. It is the fastest and most common competitive swimming stroke.
   • Front crawl: The technical name for the swimming style commonly referred to as freestyle in competitions.

2. Verb phrase:

   • To swim freestyle/front crawl: To perform the specific swimming stroke known as 'bơi sải'.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Anh ấy bơi sải rất nhanh. (He swims freestyle very fast.)
  • Trong cuộc thi, cô ấy chọn bơi sải. (In the competition, she chose the freestyle stroke.)

• Verb phrase:

  • Tôi đang học cách bơi sải. (I am learning how to swim freestyle.)
  • Họ bơi sải qua hồ. (They swam freestyle across the lake.)

Advanced Usage

• "tốc độ bơi sải": freestyle swimming speed.

  • Tốc độ bơi sải của vận động viên đó thật đáng kinh ngạc. (That athlete's freestyle swimming speed is astonishing.)

• "kỹ thuật bơi sải": freestyle swimming technique.

  • Cô huấn luyện viên đang sửa kỹ thuật bơi sải cho tôi. (The coach is correcting my freestyle swimming technique.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bơi trườn sấp: Another, more descriptive term for the front crawl stroke, literally meaning "prone gliding swim".
• Bơi tự do: The term used in competitive contexts meaning "freestyle", where 'bơi sải' is the most common technique used.
• Bơi ếch: Breaststroke (a different swimming stroke).
• Bơi ngửa: Backstroke (a different swimming stroke).
• Bơi bướm: Butterfly stroke (a different swimming stroke).

Synonyms

• Bơi trườn sấp: (See above in Variants)
• Kiểu bơi tự do: Freestyle stroke (in a competitive context).

Related Phrases

• Tập bơi sải: To practice freestyle swimming.

  • Cậu bé dành cả buổi chiều để tập bơi sải. (The boy spent the whole afternoon practicing freestyle swimming.)

• Đua bơi sải: To race freestyle.

  • Nội dung đầu tiên là đua bơi sải 100m. (The first event is the 100m freestyle race.)

Related Idioms

Note: There are no common idioms that use the specific term 'bơi sải'. Idioms about swimming generally use the generic verb 'bơi'.

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