词汇 | australian crawl |
词源 | Australian crawl. Pacific Island natives probably invented this fastest of all swimming strokes—the one used by all free- style swimmers today—but it was introduced into Europe (where the breaststroke was the favored stroke) from Australia at the turn of the century, and thus dubbed the Australian crawl. |
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