| 单词 | sports-holding |
| 释义 | > as lemmassports-holding b. With first element in plural form, as sports-holding, sports-loving, sports-minded, etc., adjs.; sports lover, etc., nouns. See also sports-mad adj. at Compounds 3d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > [adjective] > devotee sport-loving1582 sport-minded1582 sports-minded1895 sports-mad1920 1895 Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 7/2 So now sixteen sports-holding clubs have resolved to form a Scottish Amateur Athletic Union. 1911 Times 22 Nov. 5/2 The sports-loving instincts of the population are well known. 1912 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Tribune 22 Nov. 4/1 The sincere booster and sports lover. 1929 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 17 Dec. 12/1 Sports-minded clergy and co-workers of the young men. 1960 I. Cross Backward Sex iii. 76 She was not exactly sports-minded. 1981 Sunday Times 5 July (Mag. section) 7/4 Our younger readers will be going off..to sports-orientated country or seaside camps and hostels. 2007 Financial Times (Nexis) 10 Mar. (House & Home) 11 Everybody is very sports-minded in Switzerland, probably because the mountains and lakes present a lot of opportunities for being outdoors. < as lemmas |
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