| 单词 | handicap |
| 释义 | Word Frequency handicap(ˈhændɪˌkæp) noun 1. something that hampers or hinders 2. a. a contest, esp a race, in which competitors are given advantages or disadvantages of weight, distance, time, etc, in an attempt to equalize their chances of winning b. the advantage or disadvantage prescribed 3. golf the number of strokes by which a player's averaged score exceeds the standard scratch score for the particular course: used as the basis for handicapping in competitive play 4. old-fashioned, sometimes offensive any physical or mental disability verbWord forms: -caps, -capping or -capped (transitive) 5. to be a hindrance or disadvantage to 6. to assign a handicap or handicaps to 7. to organize (a contest) by handicapping 8. US and Canadian a. to attempt to forecast the winner of (a contest, esp a horse race) b. to assign odds for or against (a contestant) Word origin C17: probably from hand in cap, a lottery game in which players drew forfeits from a cap or deposited money in it |
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