单词 | clap skate |
释义 | clap skaten. In speed-skating: a type of ice skate designed for increased speed, consisting of a boot which lifts from the blade at the heel (affording the blade a longer time in contact with the ice) before snapping back into place. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > skate > types of rocker1820 High Dutcher1836 speed-skate1852 fen-runners1873 bobskate1903 tube1923 tube skate1923 clap skate1997 1997 Gazette (Montreal) 20 Jan. (Sports section) c4/1 In the womens' 5,000 metres, Zijlstra won..wearing new high-tech Klap skates. 1998 Time 16 Feb. 87/1 Unlike the conventional skate heel, the heel of the clap skate's boot detaches from the blade like a one-way seesaw. The skater's heel lifts off the blade, lengthening the blade's contact time on the ice, then the blade snaps back to its original position with a noisy ‘clap’. 2006 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 16 Feb. (Sports section) 6 He ordered a pair of clap skates and his times dropped dramatically. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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