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单词 gladiator
释义

gladiator

/ˈɡladɪeɪtə /
noun
(In ancient Rome) a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena.The most famous is probably the Colosseum where thousands of Roman citizens would gather for their entertainment - be it animals fighting or gladiators etc....
  • Now the games that involved, and we can basically say that they were blood sports, they might involve pitting of slaves or prisoners of war, against wild animals or gladiators.
  • Telling Verus' story takes viewers into his world, showing how gladiators really fought and trained and how the greatest amphitheatre of all was built.

Derivatives

gladiatorial

/ˌɡladɪəˈtɔːrɪəl / adjective ...
  • The Colosseum was the greatest building in Ancient Rome but much smaller amphitheatres were built in Roman Britain and gladiatorial fights may have occurred in these.
  • Although gladiators were clearly Roman, the values presented in gladiatorial single combat were central to Greek culture as well as to Roman.
  • Another chance to see the spectacular gladiatorial combat re-enactment by the gladiators of Britannia.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, from gladius 'sword'.

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