单词 | sportsfest |
释义 | > as lemmassportsfest sportsfest n. [compare earlier sportfest n. at Compounds 4a] a festival of sport; a meeting at which athletics or other competitive sports take place; (also) a piece of sporting entertainment; cf. sportfest n. at Compounds 4a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle gamea1387 sports1535 Olympic Games1636 gymkhana1861 meet1893 sportfest1919 summer games1928 sportsfest1953 Commonwealth Games1954 motorkhana1954 1953 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Dec. c9/5 Faculty and student body are deep in plans and preparations for the annual Milk Fund Benefit, which features a sportsfest as part of the evening's entertainment. 1976 Listener 5 Aug. 151/1 Television caught both aspects of this mammoth sports-fest [sc. the Olympic Games] very well. 2004 Games TM Apr. 142/2 Consisting of six extreme sports events, up to eight players could compete in turn, taking control of skateboards, bikes and even surfboards in this alternative sports-fest. < as lemmas |
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