Tra từ bout - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bout [bout bouts] BrE [baʊt] NAmE [baʊt] noun
1. a short period of great activity; a short period during which there is a lot of a particular thing, usually sth unpleasant
•a drinking bout
•~ of sth/of doing sth the latest bout of inflation
•Regular exercise is better than occasional bouts of strenuous activity.
2. ~ (of sth) an attack or period of illness
•a severe bout of flu/coughing
•He suffered occasional bouts of depression.
• (NAmE)a bout with the flu
3. a ↑boxing or ↑wrestling match

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (denoting a curve or circuit, hence later a “turn” of activity): from dialect bought ‘bend, loop’; probably of Low German origin.

Example Bank:
•I got a bad bout of the flu last winter.
•a bout of depression
•A karate bout lasts for two or three minutes.
•He's just recovering from a severe bout of flu.
•It was hailed as one of the best heavyweight bouts of recent times.
•The doctor halted their bout after the ninth round.
•There has been a severe bout of inflation over recent months.
•They had been fighting after a drinking bout.