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单词 slalom
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Definition of slalom in English:

slalom

noun ˈslɑːləmˈslɑləm
  • 1A ski race down a winding course marked out by poles.

    the season opens with a slalom on Sunday
    as modifier a slalom course
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's part ski jump, part slalom slope and pure Engh.
    • For example, one pro skater might challenge you to break his record in a downhill slalom race that is akin to bobsledding.
    • I kept finding myself so close to the gate I could have crossblocked them like a slalom course.
    • In his first season racing he won the Techno formula category last year and was second in the junior slalom.
    • In November 2000, victory in her comeback slalom laid the foundations for a remarkable season.
    • The Swede, who won the giant slalom, slalom and overall titles last year, recorded a combined time of 2min 25.21 sec.
    • Somewhere between his last win in Wengen and the start gate at the top of the slalom course yesterday afternoon, the magic had left him.
    • He tested positive for the banned stimulant, methamphetamine, after winning the bronze medal in the slalom at Salt Lake City.
    • If I can find a gooshy old pair of Austrian slalom skis (no jet stix, thanks) I should be okay.
    • For Read won the slalom, table tennis and picked up a silver medal in the rifles.
    • Paerson appears to have picked up where she left off last year, when she won the giant slalom and slalom season titles.
    • What's more, the parallel turn proved to be faster for slalom racing.
    • In snowboarding, brother and sister Owen and Ashley Cook cleaned up in the slalom and freestyle.
    • At the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics, Hanni won a bronze medal in the slalom.
    • Like 100-meter sprinters, the top finishers in Olympic and world slalom races are separated by only hundredths of a second.
    • More than 400 competitors from 40 countries will take part in half-pipe, big air, snowboard-cross, parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom.
    • Only three races remain this season, a super-G on Thursday, and a giant slalom and slalom on Saturday and Sunday.
    • Could Killy himself pull off a hat trick of Olympic victories at Grenoble in downhill, giant slalom, and slalom?
    • It shoots like a slalom course through 20-foot-tall cedars.
    • To excel as a mogul skier, you must be on a mogul ski - essentially an old-school slalom ski without the heavy sheets of metal.
    1. 1.1 A sporting event on water with a winding course marked out by obstacles, typically a canoe or sailing race.
      as modifier a slalom kayak
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The next weekend, Olson won a slalom event at West Los Angeles College.
      • I do all three events, which is slalom, trick and jump, and I'm actually competing in the overall events as well.
      • Canoe slalom is one of the most spectacular Olympic watersports, demanding skill, stamina and courage.
      • The second day is a slalom event where sailors race around a short course with many turns.
      • Jeram Alas finished on top of the final standings, thanks to its double victory in the slalom and down-the-river events.
      • The project will see the creation of a canoe slalom course.
      • Later, the white-water race and slalom events were added.
      • Only men compete in the canoe flatwater and slalom racing, and there are 12 events in total, nine for men and three for women.
      • It would have consisted of a canoe slalom course, canoe run and changing and training facilities.
      • Bill Endicott, team leader for the USA Canoe / Kayak whitewater slalom team, received an important phone call Saturday night.
verbˈslɑːləmˈslɑləm
  • no object, with adverbial of direction Move or race in a winding path, avoiding obstacles.

    she drove with reckless speed, slaloming in and out of the stalled cars
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Campos makes an immediate impression, just as he did against Slovenia, slaloming through the German penalty area.
    • No doubt they will teach me how to be graceful on the snow, how to slalom with the best of them and how to stop on a sixpence.
    • As if that weren't enough, we're slaloming down a field of ice-floes, dodging bergs as big as apartment blocks.
    • A Saturday morning beside her, slaloming round the car park at Tesco, can only be bourne after two gin and tonics - at least.
    • Contest is a set of 5 rounds where the aim is to obtain as many points as possible by slaloming and performing tricks.
    • For my 21st birthday I want to slalom through the Northern Lights the way children run through floor fountains.
    • They save energy by slaloming back and forth between the vortices, or whirlpools.
    • There are hidden currents here; the canoe might overturn, and slaloming up through the rapids feels like taking a backwards ride on a log flume.
    • Singing whales appear to slalom from one geographic feature to the next using the echoes of their intense, infrasonic voices to navigate.
    • Once you get the hang of it, set up markers to slalom around.
    • Huckerby slalomed into the penalty area and was crudely bundled over by Matthew Taylor.
    • It is hard in retrospect to think quite how we contrived to slalom through last week.
    • An experienced Skyray user can perform aerobatics, doing barrel rolls and slaloming through clouds.
    • Braking means not only the heel brake, but alternative speed control methods like the T-stop, slaloming, toe-drag, and others.
    • It's a bit like a car, gathering speed, and just winging out of control, starting to slalom on the ice until it explodes.
    • The few cars slalom on the street below, find their traction, then spin tires and fishtail again at each stop sign up the block.
    • From behind the building, a Mind-Melder floated around the corner, slaloming through invisible gates.
    • You are ready to slalom down an awesome ski slope, with an adrenaline-pumping playlist queued up on your MP3 player.
    • She slaloms down some of the most treacherous ski slopes, thrice a week.
    • Aided and abetted by the ubiquitous Mícheál on guitar, Mark deftly slalomed his way through a nice range of beautifully written songs.

Derivatives

  • slalomer

  • noun
    • But I've seen videos of good slalomers, and some of them seem to have very high stance angles.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is normally done after all the other slalomers have completed their runs.
      • The best waterski slalomers in the world arrive in our back yard.
      • For me, as a slalomer, I work hard to keep my consistency and competitiveness up to par.
      • The magazine was published during 1986 and 1995 and was sent by post to slalomers all over the world.

Origin

1920s: from Norwegian, literally 'sloping track'.

Rhymes

Haarlem, Harlem, Malayalam
 
 

Definition of slalom in US English:

slalom

nounˈslɑləmˈsläləm
  • 1A ski race down a winding course marked by flags or poles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Somewhere between his last win in Wengen and the start gate at the top of the slalom course yesterday afternoon, the magic had left him.
    • For example, one pro skater might challenge you to break his record in a downhill slalom race that is akin to bobsledding.
    • For Read won the slalom, table tennis and picked up a silver medal in the rifles.
    • It's part ski jump, part slalom slope and pure Engh.
    • Could Killy himself pull off a hat trick of Olympic victories at Grenoble in downhill, giant slalom, and slalom?
    • At the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics, Hanni won a bronze medal in the slalom.
    • He tested positive for the banned stimulant, methamphetamine, after winning the bronze medal in the slalom at Salt Lake City.
    • Like 100-meter sprinters, the top finishers in Olympic and world slalom races are separated by only hundredths of a second.
    • Only three races remain this season, a super-G on Thursday, and a giant slalom and slalom on Saturday and Sunday.
    • What's more, the parallel turn proved to be faster for slalom racing.
    • The Swede, who won the giant slalom, slalom and overall titles last year, recorded a combined time of 2min 25.21 sec.
    • In snowboarding, brother and sister Owen and Ashley Cook cleaned up in the slalom and freestyle.
    • More than 400 competitors from 40 countries will take part in half-pipe, big air, snowboard-cross, parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom.
    • If I can find a gooshy old pair of Austrian slalom skis (no jet stix, thanks) I should be okay.
    • In November 2000, victory in her comeback slalom laid the foundations for a remarkable season.
    • It shoots like a slalom course through 20-foot-tall cedars.
    • Paerson appears to have picked up where she left off last year, when she won the giant slalom and slalom season titles.
    • To excel as a mogul skier, you must be on a mogul ski - essentially an old-school slalom ski without the heavy sheets of metal.
    • I kept finding myself so close to the gate I could have crossblocked them like a slalom course.
    • In his first season racing he won the Techno formula category last year and was second in the junior slalom.
    1. 1.1 A sporting event on water with a winding course marked by obstacles, typically a canoe or sailing race.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Only men compete in the canoe flatwater and slalom racing, and there are 12 events in total, nine for men and three for women.
      • Later, the white-water race and slalom events were added.
      • It would have consisted of a canoe slalom course, canoe run and changing and training facilities.
      • The second day is a slalom event where sailors race around a short course with many turns.
      • Jeram Alas finished on top of the final standings, thanks to its double victory in the slalom and down-the-river events.
      • The project will see the creation of a canoe slalom course.
      • Bill Endicott, team leader for the USA Canoe / Kayak whitewater slalom team, received an important phone call Saturday night.
      • I do all three events, which is slalom, trick and jump, and I'm actually competing in the overall events as well.
      • Canoe slalom is one of the most spectacular Olympic watersports, demanding skill, stamina and courage.
      • The next weekend, Olson won a slalom event at West Los Angeles College.
verbˈslɑləmˈsläləm
  • no object, with adverbial of direction Move or race in a winding path, avoiding obstacles.

    she drove with reckless speed, slaloming in and out of the stalled cars
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Contest is a set of 5 rounds where the aim is to obtain as many points as possible by slaloming and performing tricks.
    • For my 21st birthday I want to slalom through the Northern Lights the way children run through floor fountains.
    • There are hidden currents here; the canoe might overturn, and slaloming up through the rapids feels like taking a backwards ride on a log flume.
    • It is hard in retrospect to think quite how we contrived to slalom through last week.
    • Campos makes an immediate impression, just as he did against Slovenia, slaloming through the German penalty area.
    • Once you get the hang of it, set up markers to slalom around.
    • A Saturday morning beside her, slaloming round the car park at Tesco, can only be bourne after two gin and tonics - at least.
    • As if that weren't enough, we're slaloming down a field of ice-floes, dodging bergs as big as apartment blocks.
    • They save energy by slaloming back and forth between the vortices, or whirlpools.
    • It's a bit like a car, gathering speed, and just winging out of control, starting to slalom on the ice until it explodes.
    • No doubt they will teach me how to be graceful on the snow, how to slalom with the best of them and how to stop on a sixpence.
    • Braking means not only the heel brake, but alternative speed control methods like the T-stop, slaloming, toe-drag, and others.
    • Huckerby slalomed into the penalty area and was crudely bundled over by Matthew Taylor.
    • The few cars slalom on the street below, find their traction, then spin tires and fishtail again at each stop sign up the block.
    • An experienced Skyray user can perform aerobatics, doing barrel rolls and slaloming through clouds.
    • You are ready to slalom down an awesome ski slope, with an adrenaline-pumping playlist queued up on your MP3 player.
    • Aided and abetted by the ubiquitous Mícheál on guitar, Mark deftly slalomed his way through a nice range of beautifully written songs.
    • Singing whales appear to slalom from one geographic feature to the next using the echoes of their intense, infrasonic voices to navigate.
    • From behind the building, a Mind-Melder floated around the corner, slaloming through invisible gates.
    • She slaloms down some of the most treacherous ski slopes, thrice a week.

Origin

1920s: from Norwegian, literally ‘sloping track’.

 
 
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