单词 | sport |
释义 | Word Frequency sport(spɔːt) noun 1. an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, often involving the testing of physical capabilities and taking the form of a competitive game such as football, tennis, etc 2. such activities considered collectively 3. any particular pastime indulged in for pleasure 4. the pleasure derived from a pastime, esp hunting, shooting, or fishing we had good sport today 5. playful or good-humoured joking to say a thing in sport 6. derisive mockery or the object of such mockery to make sport of someone 7. someone or something that is controlled by external influences the sport of fate 8. informal (sometimes qualified by good, bad, etc) a person who reacts cheerfully in the face of adversity, esp a good loser 9. informal a person noted for being scrupulously fair and abiding by the rules of a game 10. informal a person who leads a merry existence, esp a gambler he's a bit of a sport 11. Australian and New Zealand informal a form of address used esp between males 12. biology a. an animal or plant that differs conspicuously in one or more aspects from other organisms of the same species, usually because of a mutation b. an anomalous characteristic of such an organism verb 13. (transitive) informal to wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner she was sporting a new hat 14. (intransitive) to skip about or frolic happily 15. to amuse (oneself), esp in outdoor physical recreation 16. (intransitive; often foll by with) to dally or trifle (with) 17. (transitive; often foll by away) rare to squander (time or money) sporting one's life away 18. (intransitive; often foll by with) archaic to make fun (of) 19. (intransitive) biology to produce or undergo a mutation Derived forms sporter (ˈsporter) noun sportful (ˈsportful) adjective sportfully (ˈsportfully) adverb sportfulness (ˈsportfulness) noun Word origin C15 sporten, variant of disporten to disport |
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