单词 | randonnée |
释义 | randonnéen. 1. a. A long journey, esp. on foot; a hike. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking for exercise or recreation > hiking or rambling > an act of hike1865 randonnée1921 nature ramble1925 1921 E. Wharton Let. 29 Nov. (1988) 450 I'm in a state of such sadness, a sadness so full of the remembrance of our epic randonnées, that I can't say more. 1985 R. Hunter Fourth Angel xvi. 262 You are walking into Spain, across to Naria. A good randonée this. b. A long-distance cycling event of a type originating in France, in which participants must navigate a particular route within a specified period of time. ΚΠ 1987 Maclean's (Nexis) 28 Sept. 10 Despite the fact that P-B-P [i.e. Paris-Brest-Paris] is a randonnee..and not a race it is impossible to gather together 2,700 people, keep track of their time..and not inspire some sense of competition. 1993 Times 3 May 4/8 A cyclist collapsed and died during a 70-mile randonnée event staged on the Isle of Wight. 2004 Tallahassee (Florida) Democrat (Nexis) 16 Aug. Becker..will ride in the upcoming 1200K Randonnee. 2. Skiing. = Alpine touring n. at Alpine adj. and n. Compounds 1. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > types of cross-country1905 telemarking1905 ski-joring1920 downhill1926 langlauf1927 giant slalom1937 ski-touring1960 schussbooming1961 grass skiing1964 X-C (or XC) skiing1972 heli-skiing1974 ski-walking1974 randonnée1977 sit-skiing1981 off-piste1986 snowblading1993 1977 Winnipeg Free Press 25 Nov. 28 (advt.) Sportclub ‘Randonnee’ [sc. a set of equipment for cross-country skiing]—birch laminated touring ski... Leather boot... ‘Intersport’ anodized aluminum binding... Bamboo pole. 1986 San Francisco Chron. 10 Nov. 78/1 I put on the Alpine-touring, or randonnee gear where there's not a lot of flat touring. 1990 Times (Nexis) 27 Jan. Ice and rock climbing, mountain biking and alternative forms of skiing like randonnee and telemark. 2003 Canad. Geographic Trav. & Adventure Winter 14/3 Backcountry powder hounds are..behind the revival of randonée bindings like the Voile Hardwire, which allows free heels for climbing and holds for downhill turns. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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