单词 | boat racing |
释义 | > as lemmasboat racing boat racing n. [compare earlier boat race n.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] sailing match1663 boat race1751 boat racing1788 1788 Trifler No. 21 279 Horse-racing, Foot-racing, Boat-racing, and every invention to promote Dissipation, and render Industry perfectly odious. 1871 Harper's Weekly 16 Sept. 876/2 In the days when ‘spelling bees’ were known, and the rivalry between schools was as sharp and as exciting as the present boat-racing between Oxford and Cambridge. 2006 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 22 May 3 Other highlights include boat racing and punt sailing in Moville bay, Donegal. < as lemmas |
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