| 单词 | obstacle race |
| 释义 | > as lemmasobstacle race obstacle race n. [ N.E.D. (1902) notes, with reference to quot. 1869, that ‘Mr. Walter Rye (late Hon. Sec. Lond. Athl. C.) informs us that this was the occasion of the introduction of the term, he having then invented it’] a race in which competitors have to negotiate a series of obstructions; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races smock-race1707 broose1786 smock-racing1790 sack running1801 torch-race1812 torch-course1839 sack race1859 potato race1865 obstacle race1869 three-legged race1876 mud run1888 egg-and-spoon race1894 cross-country1905 obstacle course1942 runathon1943 pancake race1951 fun run1960 fun running1966 1869 Sporting Life 17 Mar. 4/2 Among the races on the [Thames Club] programme was one of a character entirely new to the athletic world, viz. an ‘Obstacle Race’. 1888 H. Pottinger in Fortn. Rev. Jan. 93 For some time he [sc. the elk] becomes engaged in a terrible obstacle-race and makes little progress. 1916 in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) vii. 155 They were most amusing sports—mule races, pillow fights, obstacle races etc. 1972 Guardian 11 Mar. 13/1 The standard yardstick for these ski-tourers and ski-mountaineers has been..a mountain obstacle race between..Chamonix, and Zermatt. < as lemmas |
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