| 单词 | athletics |
| 释义 | athletics (once / 2085 pages) n Use the noun athletics to talk about sports, including team practice, games, and training. A serious baseball player might choose a college based on its athletics program. In Britain, the word athletics specifically refers to track and field competitions, such as long-distance running, high jump, and javelin. In the US, you can use the word to talk about any kind of sporty activity. The noun athletics comes from the adjective athletic, based on the model of gymnastics. The Greek root is athletes, "prizefighter" or "contestant in the games." WORD FAMILYathletic: athletically, athleticism, athletics+/athlete: athletes, athletic USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s been good for them to grow up around athletics,” Tollett said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Kurt Svoboda, an athletics department spokesman, suggested that was an important caveat. New York Times(Sep 09, 2016) The outreach program will offer educational opportunities, athletics such as football, basketball and Fears’ favorite, boxing. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition Syn|Hypo|Hyper sport funambulism, tightrope walking walking on a tightrope or slack rope rock climbingthe sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) contact sporta sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players field sport, outdoor sporta sport that is played outdoors gymnastic exercise, gymnasticsa sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility track and fieldparticipating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it skiinga sport in which participants must travel on skis aquatics, water sportsports that involve bodies of water row, rowingthe act of rowing as a sport archerythe sport of shooting arrows with a bow sleddingthe sport of riding on a sled or sleigh skatingthe sport of gliding on skates racingthe sport of engaging in contests of speed equitation, horseback riding, ridingthe sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements cyclingthe sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle blood sportsport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) athletic gamea game involving athletic activity judoa sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan spectator sporta sport that many people find entertaining to watch team sporta sport that involves competition between teams of players acrobatics, tumblingthe gymnastic moves of an acrobat running, trackthe act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track jumpingthe act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump cross-country skiingthe sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill) ski jumpingthe act of performing a jump on skis from a high ramp overhanging a snow covered slope swim, swimmingthe act of swimming surfboarding, surfing, surfridingthe sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave water-skiingskiing on water while being towed by a motorboat craba stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply scullingrowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell boxing, fisticuffs, pugilismfighting with the fists tobogganingriding on a long light sled with low handrails bobsleddingriding on a bobsled grappling, rassling, wrestlingthe sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down ice skatingskating on ice roller skatingskating on wheels skateboardingthe sport of skating on a skateboard speed skatingcompetitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course) auto racing, car racingthe sport of racing automobiles boat racingthe sport of racing boats camel racingthe sport of racing camels greyhound racingthe sport of racing greyhounds horse racingthe sport of racing horses equestrian sporta sport that tests horsemanship pony-trekkinga sport in which people ride across country on ponies bicyclingriding a bicycle motorcyclingriding a motorcycle dune cyclingbicycling or motorcycling on sand dunes bullfighting, tauromachythe activity at a bullfight cockfightingparticipation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight hunt, huntingthe pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport fishing, sportfishingthe act of someone who fishes as a diversion hockey, hockey game, ice hockeya game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks tetherballa game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole water poloa game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal outdoor gamean athletic game that is played outdoors football, football gameany of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal court gamean athletic game played on a court diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 2n participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity Hyper extracurricular activity educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum 3n a contest between athletes Syn|Hypo|Hyper athletic competition, athletic contest decathlon an athletic contest consisting of ten different events Olympiad, Olympic Games, Olympicsthe modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country Special Olympicsan athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped persons prelim, preliminarya minor match preceding the main event pentathlonan athletic contest consisting of five different events meet, sports meetinga meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held hop-step-and-jump, triple jumpan athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement tug-of-wara contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympicsan Olympics for winter sports gymkhanaa meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes race meetinga regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track regattaa meeting for boat races swim meet, swimming meeta swimming competition between two or more teams track meeta track and field competition between two or more teams competition, contest an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
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