road racen.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊd ˌreɪs/, U.S.

/ˈroʊd ˌreɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., race n.¹

Etymology: < road n. + race n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier road racing n.

†1. Mining. A ‘race’ (race n.¹ 7b) of trucks, etc., on a roadway in a mine. Obsolete. rare.

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1835 Prize-ess. & Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 10 433 The rest of the chain is lying on the plane, thus saving the winding up of more chain than is absolutely necessary when an upper road-race is to be drawn.

2. A race conducted on a road (sometimes as opposed to a racetrack).In Cycling now usually denoting a long-distance point-to-point race held on open roads (as opposed to lap or track racing) in which a large number of riders start together, the event being intended to test endurance rather than speed. In Athletics similarly applied to a race run on a road, as opposed to track racing, cross-country running, etc.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race

quarter-mile1611

dead1635

diaulos1706

quarter1779

dead heat1796

match race1804

dash1836

sprint race1836

mile1851

road race1852

time trial1857

decider1858

all-ages1864

rough-up1864

hippodrome1867

distance running1868

team race1869

run-off1873

relay race1878

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title race1905

tortoise race1913

procession1937

stage1943

pace1968

prologue1973

1852 Manch. Examiner & Times 27 Mar. The annual turnpike road race at Kiplin Coates was won by Mr. Templeman's Lady Louisa.

1877 Bicycling Times 14 June 47 Racing Appointments... Pickwick Bicycle Club, Road Race, Barnet, Red Lion, to Dunstable, Saracen's Head.

1895 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 26 July 8/4 Billy Bainbridge, the gritty little plugger who tied Gardiner for first time in last year's Chicago road race.

c1904 W. J. Fisher Let. in S. Weintraub London Yankees (1979) vi. 201 I am anxious to do nothing to discourage motoring, and I do not at all object to this road race.

1954 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Nov. 17/2 The world's longest road-race test of car stamina and driving skill.

1983 Pop. Mech. July 76 This is the bike that, in 1980, won the world's most grueling, punishing road race—the Tour de France.

1994 Runner's World Feb. 25/1 If you run road races a lot, you've seen it: a tangle of weary, postrace legs getting worked over on massage tables at the finish.

2004 Independent 16 Aug. 6/2 A disastrous weekend that saw Tim Henman lose in the first round of the tennis,..Nicole Cook come fifth in the women's cycling road race [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	road race
释义	road racen. Brit. /ˈrəʊd ˌreɪs/, U.S. /ˈroʊd ˌreɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., race n.¹ Etymology: < road n. + race n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier road racing n. †1. Mining. A ‘race’ (race n.¹ 7b) of trucks, etc., on a roadway in a mine. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1835 Prize-ess. & Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 10 433 The rest of the chain is lying on the plane, thus saving the winding up of more chain than is absolutely necessary when an upper road-race is to be drawn. 2. A race conducted on a road (sometimes as opposed to a racetrack).In Cycling now usually denoting a long-distance point-to-point race held on open roads (as opposed to lap or track racing) in which a large number of riders start together, the event being intended to test endurance rather than speed. In Athletics similarly applied to a race run on a road, as opposed to track racing, cross-country running, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race quarter-mile1611 dead1635 diaulos1706 quarter1779 dead heat1796 match race1804 dash1836 sprint race1836 mile1851 road race1852 time trial1857 decider1858 all-ages1864 rough-up1864 hippodrome1867 distance running1868 team race1869 run-off1873 relay race1878 walk-away1879 title race1905 tortoise race1913 procession1937 stage1943 pace1968 prologue1973 1852 Manch. Examiner & Times 27 Mar. The annual turnpike road race at Kiplin Coates was won by Mr. Templeman's Lady Louisa. 1877 Bicycling Times 14 June 47 Racing Appointments... Pickwick Bicycle Club, Road Race, Barnet, Red Lion, to Dunstable, Saracen's Head. 1895 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 26 July 8/4 Billy Bainbridge, the gritty little plugger who tied Gardiner for first time in last year's Chicago road race. c1904 W. J. Fisher Let. in S. Weintraub London Yankees (1979) vi. 201 I am anxious to do nothing to discourage motoring, and I do not at all object to this road race. 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Nov. 17/2 The world's longest road-race test of car stamina and driving skill. 1983 Pop. Mech. July 76 This is the bike that, in 1980, won the world's most grueling, punishing road race—the Tour de France. 1994 Runner's World Feb. 25/1 If you run road races a lot, you've seen it: a tangle of weary, postrace legs getting worked over on massage tables at the finish. 2004 Independent 16 Aug. 6/2 A disastrous weekend that saw Tim Henman lose in the first round of the tennis,..Nicole Cook come fifth in the women's cycling road race [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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