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单词 road racing
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road racingn.

Brit. /ˈrəʊd ˌreɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈroʊd ˌreɪsɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., racing n.2
Etymology: < road n. + racing n.2 Compare later road race n. 2.
The action, practice, or sport of racing on the road (originally on horseback); participation in a road race (road race n. 2).
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1828 Sporting Mag. 22 235 Lord Scarborough..used to gallop down to Ware... His happiness was road-racing, as it is now turf-racing.
1891 A. J. Foster Ouse 136 Cyclists who go in for road-racing.
1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises iii. xix. 247 Bicycle road-racing was the only sport in the world, he said. Had I ever followed the Tour de France?
1994 Runner's World Feb. 95/1 We've highlighted 100 nonmarathon races... They represent the long and short, the hilly and flat and all that road racing has to offer.
2003 S. Hislop & S. Bakker Hizzy (2004) ix. 160 Road racing is about stamina, it's about..nursing the bike over extremely bumpy and taxing roads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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