单词 | stadium |
释义 | stadiumsta‧di‧um /ˈsteɪdiəm/ ●●● W3 noun (plural stadiums or stadia /-diə/) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINstadium ExamplesOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin, Greek stadion ‘unit of length, racetrack’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUSplaces where people do sport► field Collocations (also pitch British English) a large area of ground, usually covered with grass, where team sports are played: · A few kids were playing on the football field.· a hockey field ► stadium a large sports field with seats all around it for people to watch team sports or track and field competitions: · The atmosphere in the Olympic Stadium was amazing.· a football stadium ► ground British English a sports field and the seats and buildings around it, belonging to a particular football, rugby, or cricket team: · I met my friends inside the ground. ► ballpark/park American English a stadium where baseball is played: · Busch Stadium is one of the newest ballparks in Major League. ► court an area with lines painted on the ground, for tennis, badminton, basketball, or volleyball: · The hotel has four tennis courts and a volleyball court. ► diamond the area in a baseball field that is within the shape formed by the four bases. The diamond can also be the whole field: · The pitcher stands in the middle of the diamond.· There’s a playground, a picnic area, and a baseball diamond. ► track a circular path with lines on it, for running on: · In the relay, each runner runs once around the track. ► gym a room with machines which you can use to do exercises: · He spends an hour in the gym every day. ► pool/swimming pool a place where you can swim: · He jumped into the deep end of the pool.· I’ll meet you outside the swimming pool. ► sports centre British English, sports center American English a building where you can play many types of indoor sports: · Why not do exercise classes at your local sports centre? ► health club a small sports centre, where you pay to be a member: · How much does it cost to join a health club? Longman Language Activatora place where you do a sport► field a large area of ground, usually covered in grass, where team sports are played: · The crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.baseball/football/sports etc field: · The football field was too muddy to play on, so the game was cancelled· Some open spaces north of the city will be made into sports fields for leisure activities.playing field: · Several school playing fields have been sold off to raise money. ► pitch British a sports field: · Some of the fans rushed onto the pitch at the end of the matchcricket/football etc pitch: · The village has attractive playing fields, with a football and cricket pitch. ► court an area with lines painted on the ground, where two people or teams play a game such as tennis or basketball: · The courts are floodlit at night so that you can play all the year round.tennis/basketball/squash etc court: · The new leisure complex has a sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool and tennis courts. ► leisure centre/complex British a building where you can do various different sports: · The council is planning to build a multi-million pound leisure centre outside the town. ► gym a building where there are machines that you can use to do exercises that make you fitter and stronger, or where you can do exercise classes etc. A gym is also a large room that is built especially for sports to be played in, for example in a school or university: · I've just signed up for an exercise class at the gym.· Ed goes to the gym to do weight training several times a week.· It was raining, so we had to play football in the gym this afternoon. ► pool/swimming pool a place where you can swim, consisting of a large hole in the ground that has been built and filled with water, either outdoors or inside a building: · The house, with its own tennis court and swimming-pool, is for sale at £700.000.· There's an open air pool at Woodstock that's great when it's really hot.· What we want is a hotel with a big heated pool, in case it rains. ► stadium a large sports field with seats all around it, where people go to watch sports: · The stadium has a capacity of at least 10,000.football/baseball/sports stadium: · Denver has a new airport, a new baseball stadium, and a reputation as a good place to live. WORD SETS► Buildingsadjoin, verbalcove, nounantechamber, nounanteroom, nounapartment block, nounapse, nounarcade, nounart gallery, nounatrium, nounattic, nounauditorium, nounawning, nounback door, nounback-to-back, nounbailey, nounbalcony, nounbalustrade, nounbanister, nounbarn, nounbasilica, nounbastion, nounbay window, nounblock, nounbrownstone, nounbungalow, nounbunkhouse, nounbyre, nouncabin, nouncampanile, nouncanteen, nouncarport, nouncasement, nouncastle, nounceiling, nouncellar, nouncentre, nounchalet, nounchamber, nounchancel, nounchanging room, nounchateau, nounchimney, nounchimney breast, nounchimney pot, nounchimney stack, nouncladding, nounclerk of works, nouncloakroom, nouncloister, nounclubhouse, nouncoatroom, nouncocktail lounge, nouncolonnade, nouncolumn, nouncommon room, nouncomplex, nouncompound, nounconcourse, nouncondominium, nounconservatory, nounconvent, nouncoping, nouncornerstone, nouncorn exchange, nouncorridor, nouncottage, nouncountry house, nouncountry seat, nouncourthouse, nouncowshed, noundado, noundance hall, noundetached, adjectivedoor, noundoorpost, noundormer, nounedifice, nounentry, nounentryway, nounestate, nounestate agent, nounextension, nouneyrie, nounfacade, nounfallout shelter, nounfamily room, nounfarmhouse, nounfire door, nounfire escape, nounfire station, nounfitment, nounfixture, nounflatlet, nounflight, nounfloor, nounfolly, nounforecourt, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoyer, nounfrontage, nounfront room, nounfuneral home, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegargoyle, noungrandstand, noungrange, noungranny flat, noungrille, nounground floor, nounguardhouse, nounguesthouse, nounguildhall, noungutter, nounguttering, noungym, noungymnasium, nounhabitation, nounhall, nounhallway, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhayloft, nounhealth centre, nounhigh-rise, adjectivehospice, nounhospital, nounlaboratory, nounlanding, nounleaded lights, nounlean-to, nounledge, nounlightning conductor, nounlintel, nounlobby, nounlodge, nounloft, nounlog cabin, nounlounge, nounlouvre, nounmaisonette, nounmezzanine, nounmilking parlour, nounmoving staircase, nounmullion, nounnave, nounniche, nounoast house, nounobelisk, nounoffice building, nounoratory, nounoutbuilding, nounouthouse, nounoverhang, nounparapet, nounparty wall, nounpediment, nounpenthouse, nounperistyle, nounpicture window, nounpilaster, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplatform, nounplumber, nounplumbing, nounpodium, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounpotting shed, nounpresbytery, nounpress gallery, nounprivy, nounpublic convenience, nounpyramid, nounrafter, nounrail, nounrampart, nounribbon development, nounrotunda, nounsanctuary, nounschoolhouse, nounscience park, nounsepulchre, nounservice charge, nounshack, nounshed, nounshop front, nounskylight, nounskyscraper, nounsliding door, nounsmokestack, nounsmoking room, nounspiral staircase, nounspire, nounsports centre, nounstack, nounstadium, nounstair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstall, nounstately home, nounstateroom, nounstation, nounsteeple, nounstep, nounstonework, nounstoop, nounstoreroom, nounstorm cellar, nounstory, nounstudio, nountenement, nountepee, nounterrace, nountheatre, nountoilet, nountool shed, nountower block, nountown hall, nountownhouse, nountransept, nountransom, nountrapdoor, nountreasury, nounturret, nounvault, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounventilator, nounvestibule, nounvilla, nounwalkway, nounwall, nounwatchtower, nounwater tower, nounweatherboard, nounwedding chapel, nounwing, nounwoodshed, nounworkhouse, nounworkroom, nounworkshop, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► stadium audiences a building for public events, especially sports and large rock music concerts, consisting of a playing field surrounded by rows of seats: the new Olympic Stadium· Celine Dion's tour continues to play to sold-out stadium audiences across Europe. ► a football ground/stadium (=a place where football is played)· Hundreds of fans were making their way towards the football ground. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► national· Both play in their country's national stadium, the grounds subjected to substantial renovations in recent years. ► new· This summer, just down the road from Dortmund, their rivals Schalke 04 will open a new stadium.· Not even our three spring-training teams and that gorgeous new stadium!· Taxpayers are likelier to get better value if the new stadium is negotiated calmly and as part of a wider urban-development plan.· As in, if the city of Miami and Dade County build him a new stadium with a retractable dome.· Bud Adams, the Houston oilman who owns the Oilers, wanted a new stadium, not a renovation.· The Packers are owned by their fans, so the city can not be held hostage for a new stadium.· Detroit voted to tax itself for a new baseball stadium.· Ideally, Brown said, the city should host the Super Bowl in a new football stadium, sometime shortly after 1999. ► old· The old stadium was in its penultimate year as an athletics venue.· They won the first two at the Polo Grounds, the last pair in a cavernous old football stadium on Lake Erie.· The old San Siro stadium, now formally called Giuseppe Meazza, became an all-seater arena holding 85,000 people.· The commission voted last September to award naming rights for the 35-year-old stadium to the 49ers. ► olympic· This hurt Payne, who saw the Olympic stadium as a $ 207 million gift to the community.· The site would be the Olympic stadium, which was heavily shelled but still stands. NOUN► baseball· Liz, Larry and Billie-Jean were among thousands who packed the Shea baseball stadium to see Elton play.· It is exhilarating, like the first glimpse of green grass when entering a baseball stadium.· Detroit voted to tax itself for a new baseball stadium.· She tells them the baseball stadium is eight blocks to the north. ► disaster· At the Bradford football stadium disaster on 11 May 1985, 56 fans were killed when a stand burnt down. ► football· Male bastions like the pub, the football stadium and the military have been stormed.· The Wigwam Resort is turning its ballroom into a football stadium with a huge rear-projection screen flanked by Roman Colosseum-like pillars.· Other Business 1 Planning applications for football stadium developments.· It was the recently completed football stadium that captured his imagination.· Read in studio A public inquiry has opened into Oxford United's plans to build a twelve million pound football stadium.· They won the first two at the Polo Grounds, the last pair in a cavernous old football stadium on Lake Erie.· But five minutes into the film he was as possessed as when he was down at the football stadium watching a match.· This is how the state of Maryland will fund the pro football stadium in Baltimore. VERB► build· But what if a city builds a stadium with taxpayer money and waits for the World Series?· As in, if the city of Miami and Dade County build him a new stadium with a retractable dome.· Look, I want the 49ers to succeed in building a new stadium in Bayview-Hunters Point.· Monday, Mayor Brown said he was prepared to offer the 49ers land and cash to help build a stadium.· The Dodgers are talking of building a stadium next to Dodger Stadium.· Pass on the Super Bowl and use the money that is being raised as the start for building a new football stadium.· The people of Tampa are going to build a new stadium for their perennially-dismal pro football team. ► domed· He stumbles through an attempt to get a domed stadium. ► leave· The two players left the stadium without comment minutes before the Press conference started.· Michael Heenan witnessed the exchange as he was leaving the stadium at a gated area near the 49ers buses.· He needed a police escort when he left the stadium. ► open· This summer, just down the road from Dortmund, their rivals Schalke 04 will open a new stadium.· They open their new stadium against Aston Villa, led by old boy Ron Atkinson. ► pay· The public facilities authority raises capital by issuing taxable bonds to investors, whose money pays to renovate the stadium. ► play· It was the first such game to be played at the Sheffield stadium since 95 Liverpool fans died there in 1989.· We didn't want to play an indoor stadium and we felt it was too soon to repeat Loch Lomond. |
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