| 释义 |
race1 /rās/ noun- A competitive trial of speed as by running, driving, sailing, etc
- (in pl) a meeting for horse- or dog-racing
- A competition in getting ahead of others figuratively
- A running or racing place (rare)
- A run or onward rush (archaic and Scot)
- A fixed course, track or path over which anything runs
- A channel bringing water to or from a millwheel
- A groove in which anything runs (such as ball-bearings or a rope)
- A passage through which sheep pass, eg to be dipped (Aust and NZ)
- A regular traverse of a fixed course, as of the sun
- A rapid flow or current of the tides
intransitive verb- To run, go, drive, sail, etc swiftly
- To contend in speed with others
- (of an engine, propeller, etc) to run wildly when resistance is removed
- To own racehorses or watch horse-racing as a hobby
transitive verb- To cause (a car, horse, etc) to race
- To rush (an action)
- To contend in speed or in a race with
ORIGIN: ON rās; OE rǣs raˈcer noun - A person who or that which races
- Any of several non-venomous N American snakes of the genus Coluber
raˈcing noun raˈcy adjective raceˈ-ball noun A ball held in connection with a race meeting raceˈcard noun A programme for a race meeting raceˈcourse, raceˈpath or raceˈtrack noun A course for running races over raceˈ-cup noun A piece of plate forming a prize at a race raceˈgoer noun An attender at race meetings raceˈgoing noun raceˈhorse noun A horse bred for racing race meeting noun An organized occasion for horse-racing raceˈ-walker noun raceˈ-walking noun A form of racing in which the competitors walk as fast as possible, but must not run raceˈway noun - A millrace
- A channel or groove for directing or controlling movement
- A track for running races over
racing bit noun A light jointed ringbit racing car noun racing certainty noun A thing certain to happen |