单词 | foot racing |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot racing foot racing n. the action or sport of running in a running race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] runningeOE foot race1592 foot strife?1611 foot match1660 foot racing1698 stadium1749 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia Contents p. xii/2 Their Religious Feasts. Foot-Racing. Their Valour, whence it proceeds. Their Urbanity. 1741 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant (new ed.) I. ii. 90 The other Exercises of the Body, Dancing, Hunting, Foot-Racing, Riding, they excell'd in. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. ii. 70 Foot-racing was considered an essential part of a young man's education. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 3 May 10/2 When the foot-racing events were resumed in the Stadium, the cleanly built American Archie Haha ran a great race. 2014 D. F. Town Hot Foot iv. 46 Interest in foot racing ebbed and flowed in the 1830's as rumours of cheating came and went. < as lemmas |
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