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单词 marathon race
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marathon race
1. A long-distance running race, usually of 26 miles 385 yards (42·195 km). Also: a race of this length in swimming, etc. Frequently attributive (esp. in marathon race, marathon run).Cf. also half marathon n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > racing specific distance
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1896 Fortn. Rev. June 950 We now come to the great glory of the Greeks—the victory in the Marathon Race.
1904 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 31 94 A ‘Marathon run’ in Boston.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 1/3 There are two things which no one who wishes to win the Marathon can ever afford to forget.
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xiii. 173 One of the young clerks in the store had done fine in the Modified Marathon.
1932 G. Morton Myst. Hermit's End ii. 19 The latter was taking intensive training for marathon swimming. That form of sport had caught on of late.
1936 ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed iii. 89 He had strode through the twenty-four hours at the pace of a Marathon race.
1964 M. Watman Encycl. Athletics 108/1 Owing to the disparity in the nature, if not distance, of various courses, marathon times should not be taken too seriously.
1989 Oxf. Times Sept. Limited Edition Suppl. 11/3 The marathon itself (just over 26 miles) is..not to be taken lightly.
1997 K. Reichs Déjà Dead xi. 134 My battered legs trembled as though I'd just run a marathon.
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