单词 | marathon |
释义 | marathon From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Other sportsmarathonmar‧a‧thon1 /ˈmærəθən $ -θɑːn/ ●●○ noun [countable]1 DSOa long race of about 26 miles or 42 kilometres the Boston Marathonran the marathon in just under three hours. Garcia 2 LONG TIMEan activity that continues for a long time and needs a lot of energy, patience, or determination We finished the job but it was quite a marathon.Examples from the Corpusmarathon• The season is a marathon, not a sprint.• The movie theater is holding its annual horror film marathon.• I figure from here to the Cloisters and back is pretty darn close to a half marathon.• Without Shirley, he probably wouldn't have done a ton of marathons and collected his first medal from the Hundred Club. ran ... marathon• Garcia ran the marathon in just under three hours.marathonmarathon2 adjective [only before noun]LONG TIMEa marathon event continues for a long time and needs a lot of energy, patience, or determination a marathon round of negotiations► see thesaurus at longExamples from the Corpusmarathon• a marathon game of MonopolyOrigin marathon1 (1800-1900) Marathon, place in Greece; from the story that in 490BC a Greek soldier ran about 25 miles from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens, to bring news of the Athenian victory over the Persians |
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