| 单词 | egg-and-spoon race |
| 释义 | egg-and-spoon race in British Englishnoun a race in which runners carry an egg balanced in a spoon egg and spoon race in American Englishnoun a novelty race in which contestants each carry an egg in a spoon to the finish line, the winner being the first to finish without dropping or breaking the egg Word origin [1890–95]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, neoclassicism, phoneme, plein-air, pogeyExamples of 'egg-and-spoon race' in a sentence |
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