单词 | stadium |
释义 | Word Frequency stadium(ˈsteɪdɪəm) nounWord forms: plural -diums or -dia (-dɪə) 1. a sports arena with tiered seats for spectators 2. (in ancient Greece) a course for races, usually located between two hills providing natural slopes for tiers of seats 3. an ancient Greek measure of length equivalent to about 607 feet or 184 metres 4. (in many arthropods) the interval between two consecutive moultings 5. obsolete a particular period or stage in the development of a disease Word origin C16: via Latin from Greek stadion, changed from spadion a racecourse, from spān to pull; also influenced by Greek stadios steady |
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