英语词汇“the games”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. With reference to modern times: any of various (now usually international) gatherings or festivals organized, usually at regular intervals, for the purpose of holding contests in various sports or (in later use) other activities. Usually with preceding specifying word, as Highland, Olympic games, etc. (for the more established of which see the first element), and frequently with capital initials; also elliptically as the Games.The first modern event to which the name of games was applied, apparently in direct allusion to the Olympic games of ancient Greece, seems to have been that staged in the Cotswolds on several occasions during the early 17th cent. by Robert Dover (c1581–1652).

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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > specific

May games1531

game1636

victorial1657

natal games1728

gathering1828

Olympiad1896

Olympian Games1896

Winter Olympic Games1908

winter game1924

Winter Olympics1924

Olympics1925

spartakiad1928

Winter Olympiad1928

Summer Olympics1931

paraplegic games1953

Paralympics1954

Paralympic Games1955

Special Olympics1968

worlds1984

iron man1985

1636 M. Drayton et al. (title) Annalia Dubrensia. Vpon the yeerely celebration of M^r Robert Dovers Olimpick Games vpon Cotswold-Hills.

1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. D3^v Vin. Will you up to the hill top of sports..Dovors Olimpicks or the Cotswold Games.

1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 223/2 Isaura,..a Lady of Tholouse in France..; she appointed the Floral Games yearly kept there.

1803 T. Rudge Hist. County Gloucester I. 12 In the reign of James I. games, in imitation of the Olympic of old, were instituted by Robert Dover.

1822 Caledonian Mercury 22 Aug. (advt.) The Northern Meeting will commence this Year on Wednesday the 2d October... To a variety of amusements, it is intended to revive and add the Ancient Highland Games, to be specified in a future advertisement.

1831 Aberdeen Jrnl. 31 Aug. The Games were contested with a spirit which would have pleased our friend the Ettrick Shepherd himself.

1896 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 273 Some..will doubtless see an incongruous feature in the introduction of such sports as bicycling and lawn tennis at the Olympian games.

1915 Physical Training 12 241 The Far Eastern Athletic Games are held this month in Shanghai, China.

1947 Duke of Hamilton in H. W. Meikle Scotland xxxi. 244 Of the greater ‘gatherings’ the northern meeting at Inverness, the Braemar Gathering on Deeside, and the Oban Games are the outstanding examples.

1955 R. Bannister First Four Minutes vi. 59 To win the 100 and 200 metre titles in the World Student Games.

1968 Listener 19 Sept. 359/1 Just before the opening of the Games a squad of SS men tried to take it [sc. a camera] away from me by force.

1987 N. Sibal Yatra I. 92 The buses and trucks roared and came to a slow crawl when they reached the tractors working overtime to tarmac the road for the Asian Games.

1992 Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times 20 Jan. 21/4 [He] struggled to a fourth-place finish..in the 50 meters in the Ottawa Winternational Indoor Games.

2010 D. Dominé Louisville (‘Insiders' Guide’ Ser.) 172/2 Lexington was chosen to host the 2010 World Equestrian Games.

单词	the games
释义	> as lemmas the Games c. With reference to modern times: any of various (now usually international) gatherings or festivals organized, usually at regular intervals, for the purpose of holding contests in various sports or (in later use) other activities. Usually with preceding specifying word, as Highland, Olympic games, etc. (for the more established of which see the first element), and frequently with capital initials; also elliptically as the Games.The first modern event to which the name of games was applied, apparently in direct allusion to the Olympic games of ancient Greece, seems to have been that staged in the Cotswolds on several occasions during the early 17th cent. by Robert Dover (c1581–1652). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > specific May games1531 game1636 victorial1657 natal games1728 gathering1828 Olympiad1896 Olympian Games1896 Winter Olympic Games1908 winter game1924 Winter Olympics1924 Olympics1925 spartakiad1928 Winter Olympiad1928 Summer Olympics1931 paraplegic games1953 Paralympics1954 Paralympic Games1955 Special Olympics1968 worlds1984 iron man1985 1636 M. Drayton et al. (title) Annalia Dubrensia. Vpon the yeerely celebration of M^r Robert Dovers Olimpick Games vpon Cotswold-Hills. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. D3^v Vin. Will you up to the hill top of sports..Dovors Olimpicks or the Cotswold Games. 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 223/2 Isaura,..a Lady of Tholouse in France..; she appointed the Floral Games yearly kept there. 1803 T. Rudge Hist. County Gloucester I. 12 In the reign of James I. games, in imitation of the Olympic of old, were instituted by Robert Dover. 1822 Caledonian Mercury 22 Aug. (advt.) The Northern Meeting will commence this Year on Wednesday the 2d October... To a variety of amusements, it is intended to revive and add the Ancient Highland Games, to be specified in a future advertisement. 1831 Aberdeen Jrnl. 31 Aug. The Games were contested with a spirit which would have pleased our friend the Ettrick Shepherd himself. 1896 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 273 Some..will doubtless see an incongruous feature in the introduction of such sports as bicycling and lawn tennis at the Olympian games. 1915 Physical Training 12 241 The Far Eastern Athletic Games are held this month in Shanghai, China. 1947 Duke of Hamilton in H. W. Meikle Scotland xxxi. 244 Of the greater ‘gatherings’ the northern meeting at Inverness, the Braemar Gathering on Deeside, and the Oban Games are the outstanding examples. 1955 R. Bannister First Four Minutes vi. 59 To win the 100 and 200 metre titles in the World Student Games. 1968 Listener 19 Sept. 359/1 Just before the opening of the Games a squad of SS men tried to take it [sc. a camera] away from me by force. 1987 N. Sibal Yatra I. 92 The buses and trucks roared and came to a slow crawl when they reached the tractors working overtime to tarmac the road for the Asian Games. 1992 Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times 20 Jan. 21/4 [He] struggled to a fourth-place finish..in the 50 meters in the Ottawa Winternational Indoor Games. 2010 D. Dominé Louisville (‘Insiders' Guide’ Ser.) 172/2 Lexington was chosen to host the 2010 World Equestrian Games. extracted from gamen. < as lemmas
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