单词 | christiania |
释义 | Christianian. Skiing. More fully Christiania swing, Christiania turn. A type of turn made with the skis more or less in parallel, used to change direction or stop short. Frequently as a modifier.Now more commonly known as a christie turn or a christie. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > actions of skier > types of turn telemark1901 snow-ploughing1904 stemming1904 Christiania1905 snow-plough1905 kick-turn1910 christie1920 stem-Christiania1922 stem turn1922 jump turn1924 stem-Christie1936 wedeln1957 wedeling1977 parallel1985 1905 D. M. M. C. Somerville et al. Ski-running (ed. 2) 44 We have met not a few ski-runners..who make very pretty Telemark and Christiania swings. 1910 E. C. Richardson Ski-runner 137 The best ski-runners can make all four turns, viz.: Telemark to right and left, and Christiania to right and left. 1929 Daily Express 16 Jan. 8/3 Finishing out in the crisp snow with a dead-stop ‘Christiania’. 1954 E. A. M. Wedderburn Alpine Climbing (ed. 2) v. 94 On such hard snow the best plan is to side slip down in the christiania position with the weight on the lower ski. 1984 N. Gillette & J. Dostal Cross-Country Skiing (new ed.) v. 61 The turn that Norheim developed in Telemark overshadowed the skidding, parallel Christiania turn. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Feb. 3 He [sc. Sondre Norheim] created Telemark bindings, enabling a skier to jump and turn while going downhill, and pioneered the parallel stop turn called the Christiania. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1905 |
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