单词 | broad jump |
释义 | broad jumpn. Now chiefly U.S. An athletic event in which competitors jump as far as possible along the ground in one leap from a running (or formerly standing) start; = long jump n. Now sometimes also: a long jump from a standing start as an indicator of general athleticism. ΘΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > jumping > long-jump long jump1853 broad jump1858 long jumping1859 broad jump- 1853 Hertford Mercury, & Reformer 5 Nov. The broad jump... This race was contended for by only two. 1931 Lima (Ohio) News 11 May 11/6 Firsts in the 220-yard run and broad jump and second in the 100. 2022 @P_Shels 4 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 30 May 2022) How many times did we say after a loss ‘if only we had a WR [sc. wide receiver] whose broad jump ranked in the 99th percentile?’ 2022 LNP (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 30 May He was not the team's best athlete, he says, but he competed successfully in sprints, relay races and the broad jump. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmasbroad jump b. esp. in reference to the distance cleared (long jump n. or broad jump), or height jumped (high jump n. 1), as an athletic performance; also, a place to be jumped across, an obstacle to be cleared by jumping, in hurdle-racing, hunting, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > riding after hounds > type of fence timber1791 rasper1812 stopper1832 jump1858 oxer1859 flying fence1883 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > jumping jump1858 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > jumping > long-jump long jump1853 broad jump1858 long jumping1859 broad jump- society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > obstacles leap1692 fence1839 water jump1840 flight1851 jump1858 oxer1859 showjump1884 pianoforte jump1908 pianoforte obstacle1909 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xl Hoping he was..able to sit at the jumps. 1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §1648 This leap..was found to be twenty-four feet clear, which..was, it must be allowed, no small jump. 1872 Graphic 6 Apr. 314/1 (Oxf. & Cambr. Athletic Sports) After..the Broad Jump, and the spin for a quarter of a mile..came the hammer-throwing. 1881 C. Phillipps-Wolley Sport in Crimea 280 The jump..was easily within the powers of the most third-rate athlete. 1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 123 To educate them [horses]..it is well worth while to keep up a small line of natural jumps somewhere in the neighbourhood. 1895 Outing 26 455/1 Oxford won all the runs, the high hurdle, and tied in the high jump with Yale, losing only the weights and broad jump. < n.1853 as lemmas |
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