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单词 winter-sport
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winter-sportv.

Brit. /ˌwɪntəˈspɔːt/, U.S. /ˌwɪn(t)ərˈspɔrt/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: winter sport n.
Etymology: < winter sport n. Compare earlier winter sporting n.
intransitive. To engage in winter sports.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > engage in winter sports [verb (intransitive)]
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1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 22 Jan. (2002) VI. 271 There are about a hundred tourists in the place, winter-sporting; but I'm not starting in yet.
1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences xi. 265 Few who ‘winter-sport’..feel that their social rating is thereby raised.
1987 Economist 14 Nov. 22/1 The three months of each year that he once spent winter-sporting in St Moritz have now been trimmed to three weeks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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