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单词 diaulos
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diaulosn.

/dʌɪˈɔːlɒs/
Etymology: Greek δίαυλος double pipe, channel, or course, < δι- (di- comb. form) + αὐλός pipe.
Ancient Greek History.
1. A double course, in which the racers turned round a goal and returned to the starting point.
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dead heat1796
match race1804
dash1836
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mile1851
road race1852
time trial1857
decider1858
all-ages1864
rough-up1864
hippodrome1867
distance running1868
team race1869
run-off1873
relay race1878
walk-away1879
title race1905
tortoise race1913
procession1937
stage1943
pace1968
prologue1973
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Diaulon, a kind of Race among the Ancients, two furlongs in length, at the end of which they return'd back along the same Course.
a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 165 Eight days for the diaulos of the journey.
1884 R. C. Jebb in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 766 [article Olympia] Beside the foot-race in which the course was traversed once only, there were now the diaulos or double course and the long foot-race.
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2. An ancient Greek musical instrument; the double flute.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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