also check-up, "careful examination," 1921, American English, from the verbal phrase (1889), from check (v.1) + up (adv.), on notion of a checklist of things to be examined. The verbal phrase check up (on) is attested from 1889.
权威例句
1. I had to go back for my checkup; they'd lost my X-rays.
我得回去再做一次体检。他们把我的X光片弄丢了。
2. I had a medical checkup before going abroad.
我在出国前作了一次体格检查.
3. The shopkeeper gave his store a final checkup before closing for the night.
店主在晚上打烊前对商店作了最后检查.
4. The disease was detected during a routine checkup.
这种疾病是在一次例行体检中查出来的。
5. I took him to Philip's office yesterday for a checkup.