| 单词 | repechage |
| 释义 | repechage in British English (ˌrɛpɪˈʃɑːʒ) noun a heat of a competition, esp in rowing or fencing, in which eliminated contestants have another chance to qualify for the next round or the final Word origin C19: from French repêchage literally: fishing out again, from re- + pêcher to fish + -agerepechage in American English (ˌrepəˈʃɑːʒ) noun (in cycling and rowing) a last-chance qualifying heat in which the runners-up in earlier heats race each other,with the winner advancing to the finals Word origin [1925–30; ‹ F repêchage second chance, equiv. to repêch(er) to fish up again (re- re + pêcher to fish; MF, OF pescher ‹ VL *piscāre, L piscārī, deriv. of piscis fish) + -age -age]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chain reaction, decibel, off-line, recycle, reflex camera-age is a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech,occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of”(seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage)Examples of 'repechage' in a sentence |
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