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单词 sprint start
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sprint start
sprint start n. (a) (chiefly Athletics) a method of gaining maximum speed as quickly as possible at the beginning of a race, typically by starting from a crouching position which maximizes a runner's ability to accelerate (also attributive); (b) (figurative and in extended use) a very fast, energetic, or productive start to any activity or process.In quot. 1895: the crouching position assumed by a runner starting a race in this way.
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1895 Harper's Round Table 31 Dec. 211/2 When the command ‘Get set’ comes, he crouches in the regulation sprint start, much to the astonishment of the Harvard milers, who are standing erect, as mile-runners usually start.
1914 P. L. Wendell in P. Withington Bk. of Athletics 114 The ‘sprint start’ position with only one hand on the ground—and that only sufficiently to steady the runner—is a very good way to start.
1950 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 18 Apr. 8/3 The area's three scholastic baseball leagues get off to a sprint start alongside the major league races this afternoon.
1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 20 June Martina Koch made a sprint start in the European women's amateur golf championships.., carding a five-under 67 for a two-stroke first-day lead.
2011 S. Barrett Total Dumbbell Workout 30 My sprint start required me to explode out of the starting blocks, driving through one leg at a time.
2018 Convenience Store (Nexis) 13 July 41 A focus on low- or no-sugar lines..should help retailers get off to a sprint start with the category.
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