单词 | Olympiad |
释义 | Olympiad —Olympiadic, adj. /euh lim"pee ad', oh lim"-/, n. (often l.c.) 1. a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 B.C. 2. a celebration of the modern Olympic Games. [1350-1400; ME < L Olympiad-, s. of Olympias < Gk Olympiás n. use of the adj.: of Olympus. See OLYMPIA, -AD1] |
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