单词 | modern pentathlon |
释义 | modern pentathlonnounan athletic contest comprising five different events, a 300-meter freestyle swim, a 4,000-meter cross-country run, a 5,000-meter equestrian steeplechase, épée fencing, and pistol target-shooting at 25 meters, the winner being the contestant with the highest total score. Also called military pentathlon, pentathlon. Origin of modern pentathlonFirst recorded in 1940–45 Words nearby modern pentathlonmodernistic, modernity, modernize, modern jazz, modern language, modern pentathlon, Modern Persian, modern sequence dancing, modern synthesis, Modersohn-Becker, modest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for modern pentathlonmodern pentathlon nounan athletic contest consisting of five different events: horse riding with jumps, fencing with electric épée, freestyle swimming, pistol shooting, and cross-country running Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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