单词 | long jumper |
释义 | long jumpern. A person who jumps a long distance as an athletic feat; a performer of, or competitor in, the long jump. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > jumping > long-jump > jumper long jumper1861 1861 Evening Star & Dial 6 Aug. 4/1 A hurdle race followed the jumping match, and at the termination of the last heat, Court, the long-jumper, was announced as the winner. 1887 M. Shearman Athletics & Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 149 The long-jumper, like the sprinter, may be a man of almost any size or weight. 1903 Oxf. Mag. 4 Mar. 262/1 It will be interesting to see whether he will compete with our former Oxford long-jumpers. 1963 A. E. Fanning Planets, Stars & Galaxies (rev. ed.) ii. 76 On the moon..an Olympic long jumper could clear half the length of a football field. 2012 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Aug. (Sport section) 5 Greg Rutherford, the British long jumper who is the No1 in the world this year, qualified for the final. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861 |
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