单词 | golden grand slam |
释义 | > as lemmasgolden grand slam golden slam n. Sport (also with capital initials) the achievement of winning a set of important competitions in a particular sport in the same year; Tennis (also more fully golden grand slam) the achievement of winning all four major championship titles and an Olympic gold medal in a single calendar year (cf. grand slam n. 1c).In 1988, with the reintroduction of tennis as a competitive sport at the Olympics, it became possible to win all four major tournaments and the Olympic gold medal. ΚΠ 1957 McKinney (Texas) Daily Courier-Gaz. 17 Sept. 6/4 Any horse that could achieve a golden slam by winning all four races would pick up an estimated $500,000. 1988 N.Y. Times 29 Aug. c 10/5 Graf has an opportunity to achieve the ultimate in tennis: a Grand Slam and Olympic gold... They are calling it the Golden Slam. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) 23 June 34 In 1988 she brought off an achievement unequalled in the history of tennis, winning a Golden Grand Slam of all four major titles plus the Olympic crown at Seoul. 2013 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 9 July The Wimbledon title took him beyond halfway in the search for tennis perfection, the golden slam, with the Australian and French titles the only ones absent from his trophy cabinet. < as lemmas |
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