| 单词 | relay race |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelay race relay race n. Athletics = sense 3b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race quarter-mile1611 dead1635 diaulos1706 quarter1779 dead heat1796 match race1804 dash1836 sprint race1836 mile1851 road race1852 time trial1857 decider1858 all-ages1864 rough-up1864 hippodrome1867 distance running1868 team race1869 run-off1873 relay race1878 walk-away1879 title race1905 tortoise race1913 procession1937 stage1943 pace1968 prologue1973 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > relay race relay race1878 1878 Forest & Stream 9 May 260/1 A novelty in the way of a ‘relay race’ (two miles)..will be open to club teams of four men each. 1898 M. Shearman et al. Athletics (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (new ed.) x. 301 So popular has this form of racing become that within the last year a number of athletic meetings have been held at which there were a series of these relay races. 1927 W. Deeping Kitty xxiv. 310 To him life was like a relay-race: you snatched the baton from the failing hand of the past, and sped ahead without looking back till some other racer took the baton from you. 2003 Guardian 10 Sept. i. 12/5 Bluetongue virus is being passed ‘like a baton in a relay race’ from one set of midge hosts to another. < as lemmas |
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