Think of a set of rules with a hole cut in it. The rules still say what has to happen — reach the far wall, win the round, fill two minutes of music — but where they would normally say how, there is nothing. That hole is what freestyle names, and every use of the word is something coming through it: the picking a stroke, the picking a line, the rapper picking the next word a second before saying it. Because the hole is where a person's own choices show, the word ends up meaning improvised, and finally just .
From the word’s history
The supplied source gives the word as free plus style: the style is the part that is left free. Everything the word does today can be read off that join.
供給的資料把這個字拆成 free 加 style：被放開的正是 style（方式）那一半。今天這個字的每一種用法，幾乎都能從這個組合直接讀出來。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:836985884), etymology text: From free + style.
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
freestylenoun/ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/
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hobbieslifestylesportsA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
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hobbieslifestylesportsA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
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hobbieslifestyleskiingA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
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hobbieslifestyleskiingA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
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governmenthobbieslifestyleA sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.
- In the world of hip hop, many freestyle artists have been known to speak, “Check one, check two!” into the microphone. The phrasing serves two purposes: (1) to put the freestyle artist on rhythm with the beat and (2) […]
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Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way.
- (While there are definitely a large number of Japanese cookbooks out there with detailed instructions and measurements, it was this freestyle cooking philosophy I most frequently encountered.)
freestyleverb/ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/
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To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.
- And just hours after the famous golfer died in an airplane accident, I freestyled to a less talented rival, “Stop now before you get hurt / Your whole style should never take flight like Payne Stewart.”
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To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.
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To improvise something in an unrestricted way.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- Latin freestyle
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。