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单词 starting block
释义

starting block


noun Track.

a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.

Origin of starting block

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby starting block

starter home, starters, start from scratch, star thistle, start in, starting block, starting gate, starting grid, starting handle, starting price, starting rate
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British Dictionary definitions for starting block

starting block

noun

one of a pair of adjustable devices with pads or blocks against which a sprinter braces his feet in crouch starts
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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