| 单词 | barrel jumping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbarrel jumping barrel jumping n. chiefly North American any of various types of competition or entertainment in which participants jump over (or occasionally into) a number of barrels; esp. a sporting event in which ice-skaters attempt to jump over barrels laid in a row along the ice, the winner being the one who clears the highest number of barrels. ΚΠ 1874 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 27 June Thirty dollars was appropriated to be distributed into three prizes for ‘barrel jumping’. 1896 Manitoba Morning Free Press 10 Mar. 4/6 It is also hoped that Champion McCulloch will do some Fancy Skating and Barrel Jumping. 1950 Times 25 Feb. 8/5 Skating is unique... At present comic or grotesque turns, and the obviously pure athletics such as barrel jumping, tend to receive the greatest appreciation. 1997 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 1 Oct. n5 The Hopewell woman is a former rodeo rider. ‘I did the barrel jumping,’ she said. 2011 Times-Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 28 July d11 He was raised in Lake Placid, N.Y., where he excelled at speed skating and barrel jumping. < as lemmas |
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