| 释义 |
‖ sportif, a. (n.)|spɔrtif|
[Fr.]
Of a sporting character, sportive; interested in or pursuing athletic sports. Also, of a garment: suitable for sporting or informal wear. Also absol. and as n.
1934C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 242 The musical equivalent of this obsession with the mechanical, the sportif and the soi-disant contemporary, is provided by the naïvely realistic orchestral pieces of Honegger, such as Pacific 231 and Rugby. 1938E. Hemingway Fifth Column (1939) 171 There were two kinds: the drunkards and the sportifs... The sportifs took it out in exercise. 1958Manch. Guardian 4 Aug. 3/6 Last year it was..the man who played boogie-woogie on a gramophone all night in the next room and when I complained said I wasn't sportif and made a bigger row than ever. 1963Times 1 May 9/6 Elegance is the word that immediately comes to mind—elegance with more than a touch of the sportif, for the performance is a good bit better than you might expect from a car of less than 1-litre capacity. 1966Listener 30 June 939/1 All nations are now sportif, although they do not necessarily acclaim the same sports as we do. 1977Times 30 July 10/1 The hooded sweat⁓shirt is..casual and sportif yet neat and warm. |