单词 | boat race |
释义 | boat racenoun 1A race between rowing crews.To celebrate the 150th Thames boat race and the 175th anniversary of the first boat race, two crews of old students from both universities will race in replica boats during the afternoon....
1.1 (the Boat Race) The annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge. First rowed at Henley in 1829, it has been held over its present course, from Putney to Mortlake (6.8 km, 4.25 miles), since 1845.Known simply as the Boat Race, Oxford and Cambridge Universities faced each other for the 150th time in a one on one battle over the 4 - ¼ mile course....
2British rhyming slang A person’s face.In Revenge of the Sith, we see the transition of Chancellor Palpatine from the human visage of actor Ian McDiarmid to the twisted distorted boat race of Darth Sidious, the self appointed Emperor. |
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