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sport S0664800 (spôrt)n.1. a. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.b. often sports(used with a sing. verb) Such activities considered as a group: Sports is a good way for children to get exercise.2. a. A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement: "the sport of trying to eat [a bratwurst] with anything fewer than four paper napkins" (Jane Kramer).b. Fun; amusement: balanced on the curb just for the sport of it.3. a. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.4. a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.b. Informal A fair-minded person, especially one who accepts teasing or difficult situations well: Be a sport and show me where you caught those fish.c. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.5. Informal a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.b. A gambler at sporting events.6. Biology An organism or a part of an organism that shows a marked change from the parent type, typically as a result of mutation.7. Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.v. sport·ed, sport·ing, sports v.intr.1. To play or frolic: children sporting in the waves.2. To joke or trifle: "Lear ... in a storm, half mad, sported with by the gods" (Cynthia Ozick).v.tr.1. To wear or have on one's body, especially prominently or ostentatiously: sports diamond earrings; sports a tattoo.2. To have as a prominent feature: a car sporting a new paint job.adj. or sports1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports: sport fishing; sports equipment.2. Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear: a sport shirt.
[Middle English sporte, short for disporte, from Old French desport, pleasure, from desporter, to divert; see disport.]
sport′ful adj.sport′ful·ly adv.sport′ful·ness n.sports (spɔːts) n1. (General Sporting Terms) (modifier) relating to, concerned with, or used in sports: sports equipment. 2. (Automotive Engineering) (modifier) relating to or similar to a sports car: sports seats. 3. (Education) Also called: sports day Brit a meeting held at a school or college for competitions in various athletic eventssport (spɔrt, spoʊrt)
n. 1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature. 2. such activities collectively. 3. diversion; recreation. 4. jest; pleasantry. 5. mockery; ridicule: They made sport of his haircut. 6. laughingstock. 7. something tossed about like a plaything. 8. sportsman. 9. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner. 10. a debonair person; bon vivant. 11. Biol. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation. 12. Obs. amorous dalliance. adj. 13. of, pertaining to, or used in sports. 14. suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes. v.i. 15. to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime. 16. to frolic; gambol: kittens sporting and playing. 17. to engage in athletic activity. 18. to speak or act in jest. 19. to mock something. 20. Bot. to mutate. v.t. 21. to wear or display, esp. with ostentation: sporting a new coat. Also, sports . [1350–1400; Middle English; aph. variant of disport] sport′ful, adj. sport′ful•ly, adv. sport′ful•ness, n. Sports See Also: BASEBALL, BOXING AND WRESTLING, FOOTBALL, GOLF - Batted the [tennis] ball away like an irritating gnat —Rita Mae Brown
- An American winning the French bicycle race is like a Frenchman winning most valuable baseball player —Chris Wallace commenting on Greg Le Mond’s winning of Tour De France race, NBC-TV, July 26, 1986
- Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned —Izaak Walton
- The [tennis] ball knifes right onto the face of the strings and stays there like a piece of cheese —Ron Carlson
- Basketball is like poetry in motion —Jim Valvano, North Carolina State coach, 1987
- Bathers hop across the waves agilely, aimlessly, like fleas —Malcolm Cowley
- Coaching is like a monkey on a stick. You pass the same fellows on the way down as you pass on the way up —Steve Owen, New York Giants football coach
- [A swimmer] floated on her back [in water] like a pink air mattress —Will Weaver
- Having the America’s Cup yacht race in San Diego instead of Newport is like going to Mardi Gras in Pittsburgh —Rhode Island Representative St. Germaine, Wall Street Journal, February 5, 1987
- Hockey players are like mules. They have no fear of punishment and no hope of rewards —Emory Jones, general manager of the St. Louis Arena, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 26, 1963
- Holds a siren yellow tennis ball up in front of her, like the torch on the Statue of Liberty, and hits it with a combination of force and grace —Daphne Merkin
- If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out —George Brett, Cincinnati Royals third baseman, Sports Illustrated, June 23, 1986
- I saw more sails biting the wind than I’ve ever seen before; it was like sailing through the mouth of a shark —Jean Lamuniere, September 15, 1986
- Legs [bicycling] pumping like wheels —Murray Bail
- Little Pat played [tennis] … like a weekly wound up machine —John Updike
- Records fell like ripe apples on a windy day —E. B. White
- The reel was screaming … humming like a telegraph wire in a sixty-mile gale —Arthur Train
- The skaters [on the Ranger hockey team] … perform like an electrocardiogram readout —Craig Wolff, New York Times, September 8, 1986
Wolffs simile alluded to the team’s impersonal performance. - Sports is like a war without killing —Ted Turner, baseball team owner
- Swim like a cannonball —Tony Ardizzone
- (I can) swim like a duck —William Shakespeare
- Swimming the English Channel, it was like swimming in dishwater —Sandra Blewett, long distance swimmer, The Evening Standard, August 21, 1979
- Tearing through the water like a seal —Rosamond Lehmann
- Tennis is like a lawsuit; you can always be surprised by what happens on the other side of the court —Anon
- Their arms were so high on the follow-through it looked like a mass ascension of Mount Everest —Archie Oldham
The simile, taken from a basketball story, The Zealots of Cranston Tech, describes a team of players all shooting for basket together. - The undulant fly line coiled out over the pond like a fleeing serpent —Robert Traver
- Violent exercise is like a cold bath. You think it does you good because you feel better when you stop it —Robert Quillen
- (Bicycling children) wheeled like swallows through luminous, lemon-coloured air —Julia O’Faolain
- Working out the [fishing] line at his feet, like a cowboy coiling a rope —Robert Traver
- You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it —Izaak Walton
Translationssport (spoːt) noun1. games or competitions involving physical activity. She's very keen on sport of all kinds. 體育運動 体育运动2. a particular game or amusement of this kind. Hunting, shooting and fishing are not sports I enjoy. 消遣，娛樂 消遣，娱乐 3. a good-natured and obliging person. He's a good sport to agree to do that for us! 討人喜歡的人 讨人喜欢的人4. fun; amusement. I only did it for sport. 戲謔 戏谑 verb to wear, especially in public. He was sporting a pink tie. (為誇耀而)穿、戴 （为夸耀而）穿、戴 ˈsporting adjective1. of, or concerned with, sports. the sporting world. 運動的 运动的2. (negative unsporting) showing fairness and kindness or generosity, especially if unexpected. a sporting gesture. 公平的 公平的sports adjective (American also sport) designed, or suitable, for sport. a sports centre; sports equipment. 適於運動的 适于运动的sports car a small, fast car with only two seats. 賽車 赛车sports jacket a type of jacket for men, designed for casual wear. 運動服 运动服ˈsportsman (ˈspoːts-) – feminine ˈsportswoman – noun1. a person who takes part in sports. He is a very keen sportsman. 運動員 运动员2. a person who shows a spirit of fairness and generosity in sport. He's a real sportsman who doesn't seem to care if he wins or loses. 具有運動道德的人 具有运动道德的人ˈsportswear noun clothing designed for playing sports in. 運動服裝 运动服装a sporting chance a reasonably good chance. 勝負各半的機會 成败可能参半的机会| Sports EN-USEN-US-P0020690 | ES-ESES-ES-P0020690 → 体育 ZH-CNZH-CN-P0020690 |
IdiomsSeesportsports
sports, athletic games or tests of skill undertaken primarily for the diversion of those who take part or those who observe them. The range is great; usually, however, the term is restricted to any play, pastime, exercise, game, or contest performed under given rules, indoors or outdoors, on an individual or a team basis, with or without competition, but requiring skill and some form of physical exertion. Some sports, such as huntinghunting,
act of seeking, following, and killing wild animals for consumption or display. It differs from fishing in that it involves only land animals. Hunting was a necessary activity of early humans.
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act of catching fish for consumption or display. Fishing—usually by hand, club, spear, net, and (at least as early as 23,000 years ago) by hook—was known to prehistoric people.
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self-propulsion through water, often as a form of recreation or exercise or as a competitive sport. It is mentioned in many of the classics in connection with heroic acts or religious rites.
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sport of fighting with fists, also called pugilism and prizefighting. Early History
Depicted on the walls of tombs at Beni Hasan in Egypt, dating from about 2000 to 1500 B.C., boxing is one of the oldest forms of competition.
..... Click the link for more information. , wrestling, and jumping, arose from the spontaneous challenges and occasional hostilities that accompany human interaction. Development of Sports The precise origins of many sports remain obscure, although all cultures have known physical contests. The ancient Egyptians swam, raced, wrestled, and played games with balls. The ancient Greeks held large athletic festivals, including the Olympic gamesOlympic games,
premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece
Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , that drew athletes from all over the ancient world. The Greeks, and then the Romans, also competed in events (chariot races, throwing the javelin) that relied on the participation of animals or the use of mechanical contrivances, a tradition continued into modern times in sports such as dog racing, horse racing, and shooting. During the Middle Ages, the cultural isolation imposed by the feudal system and religious doctrine that opposed the use of the body for play hampered the development of organized sport in the Western world. For many centuries, contests between knights in tournaments that emphasized military skill were among the only forms of approved, public sports. In the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods, games and exercise attained renewed popularity. As had been the case in ancient times, however, politics and social class circumscribed activity. Sports that required wealth or leisure, such as polo or falconry, were the province of the upper classes, while inexpensive, massed sports, such as soccer, took root among commoners. Modern Sports The late 19th cent. witnessed an expanding belief in sport as useful recreation, and in industrialized societies equipment was standardized, local and national organizations were set up to govern play, and a doctrine of character-building declared sports to be a necessary endeavor for men. The revival of the Olympics in 1896 and the blossoming U.S. intercollegiate athletic system boosted many forms of amateur, or unpaid, sports at the same time that professional sports (such as baseball, boxing, and bicycle racing) drew large numbers of spectators. Sports that were traditionally played in various countries became, by legislative act or general acceptance, national sports—baseballbaseball,
bat-and-ball sport known as the national pastime of the United States. It derives its name from the four bases that form a diamond (the infield) around the pitcher's mound.
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national sport and spectacle of Spain. Called the corrida de toros in Spanish, the bullfight takes place in a large outdoor arena known as the plaza de toros.
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ball-and-bat game played chiefly in Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries. Basic Rules
Cricket is played by two teams of eleven on a level, closely cut oval "pitch" preferably measuring about 525 ft (160 m) by about 550 ft (170 m).
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team sport in which players use sticks to propel a hard, round disk into a net-backed goal. Rules and Equipment
Ice hockey is played on a rectangular rink with curved corners whose length may vary from 184 to 200 ft (56–61 m), its width from 85
..... Click the link for more information. ) in Canada. During the Great Depression, Americans sought inexpensive outlets for their energies; mass participation in sports such as softballsoftball,
variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' baseball.
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indoor sport, also called tenpins, played by rolling a ball down an alley at ten pins; for lawn bowling, see bowls. Bowling is one of the most popular participatory sports in the United States, where there are thousands of recreational leagues.
..... Click the link for more information. resulted. At the same time, spectator sports burgeoned, and the commercialism that accompanied them gradually engulfed both amateur and professional sports. By the late 20th cent., the televising of athletic events had made sports big business. On the other hand, expanding public concern with personal physical health led to mass participation, not necessarily competitive, in sports like running, hiking, cycling, martial arts, and gymnastics. Athletic activity by women expanded, especially after political action in the 1960s and 1970s opened doors to many forms of competition and an increased share of public funding for sports. During the 20th cent., sports took on an increasingly international flavor; aside from the world championships for individual sports, like soccer's World Cup, large-scale international meets, such as the Pan-American gamesPan-American games,
amateur athletic competition among representatives of countries in the Western Hemisphere. The competition, held every four years, follows the organization and eligibility rules of the Olympic games and is held in the year before the Olympics in different
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series of amateur athletic meets held among citizens of countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. Originated (1930) as the British Empire games, the series is held every four years and is patterned after the Olympic games; women have participated since 1934.
..... Click the link for more information. , were inaugurated. Sports have correspondingly become increasingly politicized, as shown in the boycott of the 1980 Moscow games by Western nations and the retaliatory boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles games by Soviet-bloc nations, an exchange brought on by Soviet actions in Afghanistan. Bibliography See A. Guttmann, From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports (1978); J. A. Cuddon, The International Dictionary of Sports and Games (1979); W. J. Baker, Sports in the Western World (rev. ed. 1989); B. G. Rader, American Sports (2d ed. 1990); R. A. Smith, Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics (1990). sports1. relating to or similar to a sports car 2. Brit a meeting held at a school or college for competitions in various athletic events SPORTS
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| SPORTS➣Slap, Pull, Observe, Release, Tap, Shoot (military shooting) | | SPORTS➣Space Power Radio Transmission System |
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