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单词 piste
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pisten.1

Forms: late Middle English pisce (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English piste, 1500s pistay.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pisticus.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < pist- (in classical Latin pisticus pistic adj.).
Obsolete. rare.
More fully piste Indik. = spikenard n. 1. Cf. pistic nard n. at pistic adj. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > plants and extracts used for
roseeOE
nardusOE
nardOE
lavendera1300
spikenardc1350
piste?1440
orris root1598
bainilla1678
amberseed1728
vanilla1728
ambrette1745
vanell1790
tonka bean1796
scent bean1822
muguet1830
lemon-grass1837
vanillea1845
sweet pea1890
snuff-bean1898
oak moss1921
tea olive1952
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. 411 (MED) Fyn mirre an vnce, and of the pisce indyk [c1450 Bodl. piste Indik; L. spicae Indicae] But half an vnce..Bete al this smal.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xii. 72 It is good to eat..pistay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

pisten.2

Brit. /piːst/, U.S. /pist/
Forms: 1600s– piste, 1800s pist.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French piste.
Etymology: < French piste trail left by a person or animal, especially a horse (1559 in Middle French), trail in the snow (1903), ski-run (1907; 1905 with reference to cross-country skiing), marked out area for specific activities (1910) < Italian pista track (1447), probably a regional variant of pesta (1292) < pestare (13th cent.) < post-classical Latin pistare to pound (see pistate v.). Compare Spanish pista (1532). N.E.D.(1907) enters this under the double headword piste, pist, and gives the pronunciation (pist) /pɪst/ for the latter.
1. A trail or track beaten by a horse, mule, etc.; the track of a racecourse or training ground. In later use also more generally: any track or trail.
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the world > animals > animals hunted > trail > [noun]
feutea1375
treadc1400
fewea1425
racka1467
train1568
foiling1575
slot1575
trail1590
fuse1611
piste1696
spoor1823
sign1851
slotting1909
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > course or track
coursec1320
race1612
piste1696
route1771
track1836
path1883
athletics track1952
parcours1971
society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal
sleuthc1175
footstepa1300
feutea1375
treadc1400
fewea1425
foil1575
trail1590
carriage1600
sign1692
piste1696
spoor1823
worm-track1859
met1914
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > hoof > print of > track
piste1696
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > riding school > track in
piste1882
1696 W. Hope Suppl. Horsemanship xxiv. 40 in tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal Trot him upon large Circles of one Piste or Tread, and Stop him often with pretty hard Stops.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Piste, in the Manage, the Track, or Tread, which a Horse makes upon the Ground he goes over; and which may be either single, or double.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. III Pist, Piste,..the track or footprint of a horseman on the ground he goes over.
1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes xxviii She looks as racing mares do when they come in off the trotting piste.
1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary II. x. 172 Borzo's car..had no springs and when it was a bad piste the passenger was flung up to the ceiling.
1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 24 The serious part—stables, ‘pistes’, exercise courts and yards.
2002 E. L. Bimberg Tricolor over Sahara ii. 20 Camel mounted soldiers who also served as escorts for the civilian caravans that regularly transported goods along the desert pistes.
2. Fencing. A specially marked-out rectangular playing area.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > fencing place
ruffian's hall1592
fencing-hall1601
salle d'armes1885
piste1906
salle1961
1906 Times 21 May 11/4 Fencers who invariably fight indoors are apt to misjudge distances when the ‘piste’ is of the authorized length.
1963 Fencing (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) (ed. 4) 24 The area within which fencers may move is restricted. This area is called the ‘Piste’.
2002 R. Cohen By Sword Prologue p. xv We had two judges watching us, one on either side of the piste.
3. Chiefly Skiing. A marked slope or trail of compacted snow, used as a ski run or toboggan-run. Cf. off-piste n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > ski slope or run
piste1917
nursery slope1924
ski run1924
ski slope1934
schuss1937
fall line1938
bunny slope1954
run1956
black diamond1969
traverse1969
slope1972
ski ramp1973
dry slope1974
motorway1979
off-piste1986
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > tobogganing > [noun] > slope or run
coast1775
bob1856
toboggan1878
toboggan slide1878
run1879
chute1884
ice run1900
piste1917
1917 tr. B. Valloton Potterat & War i. 26 Full speed down the piste came a luge, and crashed into him.
1929 E. Hemingway Farewell to Arms xxxvii. 299 Tobogganing..requires a special piste. You could not toboggan into the streets of Montreux.
1939 W. Prager Skiing 80 Thus he has an opportunity to construct the Piste.
1950 Times 13 Feb. 7/5 Most other races, including world championships, are only a test of piste skiing, a debased and impoverished variant of the real thing.
1972 N. Freeling Long Silence ii. 111 Woodcutters' paths..make good natural pistes for Nordic ski.
2001 Ski Feb. 88/1 I spent a week skiing Switzerland, on St. Moritz's extraordinary open pistes of Corviglia and Corvatsch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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