释义 |
event /i-ventˈ/ noun- Anything which happens
- Result
- Any incident or occurrence, esp a memorable one
- Contingency or possibility of occurrence
- An item in a programme (of sports, etc)
- A type of horse-riding competition, often held over three days (three-day event), consisting of three sections, ie dressage, cross-country riding and showjumping
- Fortune or fate (obsolete)
- An organized activity at a particular venue, eg for sales promotion, fund-raising, etc
intransitive verb To ride in a horse-riding event ORIGIN: L ēventus, from ēvenīre to come out or happen, from ē from, and venīre to come eventˈer noun - A horse trained to take part in events
- The rider of such a horse, eg three-day eventer
eventˈful adjective - Full of events
- Memorable, momentous
eventˈfully adverb eventˈfulness noun eventˈing noun - Taking part in riding events
- The sport of horse-riding in three-day events
eventˈless adjective eventˈlessness noun eventˈūal adjective - Happening as a consequence
- Final, after a time
eventūalˈity noun - An occurrence or happening
- A contingency
- The faculty of observing the order or chronology of events (phrenology)
eventˈūalize or eventˈūalise intransitive verb - To happen
- To come into being
eventˈūally adverb - Finally
- At length, after some time
eventˈūate intransitive verb To turn out eventūāˈtion noun event horizon noun (astronomy) The boundary of a black hole, from inside which no normal energy can escape at all events or in any event No matter what happens, anyway in the event - As things turn or turned out
- If it should turn out (that)
in the event of In the case of (a specified thing happening) |