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单词 schuss
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schussn.

Brit. /ʃʊs/, /ʃuːs/, U.S. /ʃus/, /ʃʊs/
Etymology: German, lit. ‘a shot’.
Skiing.
A straight, downhill run; the slope on which such a run is executed. Also transferred and attributive.
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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
1937 O. Lang Downhill Skiing ii. 19 The straight running, or ‘schuss’, position should be very elastic.
1947 F. Smythe Again Switzerland 37 Down to the broad-backed ridge beneath..the last hundred feet in a glorious ‘schuss’.
1958 L. Whishaw As far as you'll take Me iii. 31 Jack [sc. a lorry driver] started us on another downhill schuss.
1961 Times 10 Jan. 14/7 There is then a final schuss, which will provide sufficient speed to make the bumps before the finish.
1966 M. Catto Bird on Wing iv. 62 Skis close—the whang of the wind eddying in a blast up the Schuss.
1977 C. Wood James Bond, Spy who loved Me ii. 21 He..dropped to the schuss position as soon as he began to pick up speed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

schussv.

Etymology: < schuss n.
Skiing.
1. transitive. To ski down (a slope, etc.) or cover (a certain distance) by means of a schuss.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > ski [verb (transitive)] > ski down (slope)
schuss1937
1937 O. Lang Downhill Skiing v. 27 In practice you will find that it is impossible to take everything ‘straight’ or to ‘schuss’ it as we express it.
1947 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Mar. 13/3 In April, 1939, in the annual ‘inferno’ races from the summit, Toni ‘schussed’ 3.8 miles with a vertical drop of 4,300 feet in 6½ minutes.
1972 T. McHugh Time of Buffalo xii. 147 Within minutes we were schussing cornices.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 20 Nov. 15/1 Schussing the Italian Alps is the newcomer on many skiers' dream list.
2. intransitive. To effect a schuss; to ski downhill. Also with down.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > ski [verb (intransitive)] > actions of skier
run1654
sidestep1894
herringbone1904
traverse1905
side-skid1906
side-slip1913
sitzmark1935
angulate1963
schuss1963
unweight1981
1963 I. Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service xvii. 188 Bond schussed easily downwards..resting his limbs.
1969 ‘R. Petrie’ Despatch of Dove xii. 181 Would she..assume Zoë had schussed down on her own?
1973 Times 28 Sept. 36/5 Forty miles of pistes where you can schuss, trek, slalom, langlauf.
1979 N. Slater Falcon ix. 160 When he schussed down the shallower pistes, his skis were closely parallel.

Derivatives

ˈschussing n. the action of the verb.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > actions of skier
side slipping1832
herringbone1904
herringboning1904
traverse1905
side-slip1913
ploughing1924
sitzmark1930
schussing1961
angulation1963
unweighting1969
1961 R. Skepper Tackle Ski-ing this Way vi. 74 Schussing is probably where the pleasure skier and the racer come into closest contact. Everybody enjoys trying a schuss.
1969 ‘R. Petrie’ Despatch of Dove xii. 176 The Grand Finale will be mass schussing.
1977 Time 21 Feb. 52/2 He gave up downhill schussing, lest an accident keep him away from the boardroom, but enjoys cross-country skiing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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