英语词汇“sport”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sport

(spôrt)

a. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

b. often sports (used with a sing. verb) Such activities considered as a group: Sports is a good way for children to get exercise.

a. A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement: "the sport of trying to eat [a bratwurst] with anything fewer than four paper napkins" (Jane Kramer).

b. Fun; amusement: balanced on the curb just for the sport of it.

a. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.

b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.

c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.

a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.

b. Informal A fair-minded person, especially one who accepts teasing or difficult situations well: Be a sport and show me where you caught those fish.

c. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.

5. Informal

a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.

b. A gambler at sporting events.

6. Biology An organism or a part of an organism that shows a marked change from the parent type, typically as a result of mutation.

7. Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.

v. sport·ed, sport·ing, sports

v.intr.

1. To play or frolic: children sporting in the waves.

2. To joke or trifle: "Lear ... in a storm, half mad, sported with by the gods" (Cynthia Ozick).

v.tr.

1. To wear or have on one's body, especially prominently or ostentatiously: sports diamond earrings; sports a tattoo.

2. To have as a prominent feature: a car sporting a new paint job.

adj. or sports

1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports: sport fishing; sports equipment.

2. Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear: a sport shirt.

[Middle English sporte, short for disporte, from Old French desport, pleasure, from desporter, to divert; see DISPORT.]

sportful adj.

sportful·ly adv.

sportful·ness n.

单词	sport
释义	sport (spôrt) n. 1. a. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. b. often sports (used with a sing. verb) Such activities considered as a group: Sports is a good way for children to get exercise. 2. a. A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement: "the sport of trying to eat [a bratwurst] with anything fewer than four paper napkins" (Jane Kramer). b. Fun; amusement: balanced on the curb just for the sport of it. 3. a. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks. b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport. c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport. 4. a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport. b. Informal A fair-minded person, especially one who accepts teasing or difficult situations well: Be a sport and show me where you caught those fish. c. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip. 5. Informal a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life. b. A gambler at sporting events. 6. Biology An organism or a part of an organism that shows a marked change from the parent type, typically as a result of mutation. 7. Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking. v. sport·ed, sport·ing, sports v.intr. 1. To play or frolic: children sporting in the waves. 2. To joke or trifle: "Lear ... in a storm, half mad, sported with by the gods" (Cynthia Ozick). v.tr. 1. To wear or have on one's body, especially prominently or ostentatiously: sports diamond earrings; sports a tattoo. 2. To have as a prominent feature: a car sporting a new paint job. adj. or sports 1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports: sport fishing; sports equipment. 2. Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear: a sport shirt. [Middle English sporte, short for disporte, from Old French desport, pleasure, from desporter, to divert; see DISPORT.] sportful adj. sportful·ly adv. sportful·ness n.
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