lunge¹

n.

a sudden forward movement of the body.

▸a thrust in fencing, in which the leading leg is bent while the back leg remains straightened.

v.

(lunges, lungeing or lunging, lunged)

make a lunge.

▸make a sudden forward thrust with.

C18: from earlier allonge, from Fr. allonger ‘lengthen’.

lunge²

n.

a long rein on which a horse is made to move in a circle round its trainer.

v.

(lunges, lungeing, lunged)

exercise (a horse or rider) on a lunge.

C18: from Fr. longe, from allonge ‘lengthening out’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》