单词 | track and field |
释义 | > as lemmastrack and field e. (Without article.) The branch of athletics in which a running track is used; track athletics, track events; track and field (also attributive), athletics in general. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] palaestraa1500 athletic1605 agonistics1685 athletics1738 track and field1905 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > track athletics athletics1866 track athletics1890 track1934 1905 Outing 46 490/1 Track and field sport has been working out its own spontaneous solution. 1934 T. Wilder Heaven's my Destination 66 I was captain of track and basket-ball. 1936 National Geographic Mag. 69 799/2 I progressed the next year to my class squads in football and track. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling iv. 102 As for athletics, or ‘track and field’ sports, there are practically no places where public betting..flourishes to any extent. 1972 N.Y. Times 4 June 4/3 The Oregon Track Club is very active in promoting track in the area. 1978 G. A. Sheehan Running & Being viii. 107 Despite the detailed and accurate statistics of track and field, the scientists consistently underestimate the human body and its potential. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. viii. 265 ‘Do you have a favorite sport?’ ‘Track.’ < as lemmas |
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