单词 | distance running |
释义 | > as lemmasdistance running b. Sport (chiefly Athletics). As a modifier, designating an athlete who competes in races over a long distance, or racing of this kind, as in distance runner, distance running, etc. Chiefly with reference to running events over longer distances than sprints, now esp. long-distance events of 5000 metres or longer. Cf. long distance adj. a, middle distance adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race quarter-mile1611 dead1635 diaulos1706 quarter1779 dead heat1796 match race1804 dash1836 sprint race1836 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 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > racer > types of dead-heater1868 distance runner1868 pacemaker1884 tail-ender1885 pacer1893 distancer1911 finisher1963 1868 Sporting Gaz. 4 Jan. 7/3 A great impetus was given to the distance runners of that time. 1869 Baily's Monthly Mag. Apr. 251 The sprint and distance running qualities so rarely combine in the same person. 1904 Daily Mail 10 Sept. 4/6 (headline) Diet for distance swimmers. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 854/1 Hard daily training is necessary for a distance runner. 1976 Sci. Amer. June 110/3 For some years the faster sprinters have on the whole been Americans and the faster distance runners Europeans. 1985 Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Aug. 20/2 Slaney..holds every American women's distance running record from 800 meters to 10,000. 2005 Runner's World Oct. 65/1 The Stillman height/weight ratio table is often used by distance runners as an ideal weight guide. < as lemmas |
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