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S0692500 (stā′dē-əm)n. pl. sta·di·ums or sta·di·a (-dē-ə) 1. A large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators.2. A course on which foot races were held in ancient Greece, usually semicircular and having tiers of seats for spectators.3. An ancient Greek measure of distance, based on the length of such a course and equal to about 185 meters (607 feet).4. Medicine A stage or period in the course of a disease.5. Biology A stage in the development or life history of an organism.

[Middle English, unit of length, from Latin, from Greek stadion, perhaps alteration (influenced by stadios, firm) of spadion, racetrack, from spān, to pull.]

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(ˈsteɪdɪəm) n, pl -diums or -dia (-dɪə) 1. (General Sporting Terms) a sports arena with tiered seats for spectators2. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) a course for races, usually located between two hills providing natural slopes for tiers of seats3. (Units) an ancient Greek measure of length equivalent to about 607 feet or 184 metres4. (Zoology) (in many arthropods) the interval between two consecutive moultings5. (Medicine) obsolete a particular period or stage in the development of a disease[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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n., pl. -di•ums, -di•a (-di ə) 1. a sports arena, usu. oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators. 2. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a track for foot races. 3. a. an ancient Greek unit of length of varying value, from about 583 feet (177.6 m) to 631 feet (192.3 m). b. an ancient Roman unit of length, equal to about 607 feet (185 m). 4. a stage in a process or in the life of an organism, as that between molts. [1375–1425; a measure < Latin < Greek stádion]

stadium

A sports ground for athletics.

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stadium - a large structure for open-air sports or entertainmentssports stadium, arena, bowlcoliseum, amphitheater, amphitheatre - an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are heldballpark, park - a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark"bullring - a stadium where bullfights take placecircus - (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial gamescovered stadium, domed stadium, dome - a stadium that has a rooffield house - an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sportfootball stadium - a stadium where football games are heldhippodrome - a stadium for horse shows or horse racesskybox - an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadiumstand - tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)standing room - room for passengers or spectators to stand; "there was standing room for thousands more people"structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"tiered seat - seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in frontathletic field, playing area, playing field, field - a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"

stadium

noun arena, stand, ground, field, track, bowl, pitch, racecourse, grandstand, racetrack, hippodrome, velodrome, running track a baseball stadium

Translations

体育馆露天大型运动场

stadium

(ˈsteidiəm) – plurals ˈstadiums ~ˈstadia (-diə) – noun a large sports-ground or racecourse usually with seats for spectators. The athletics competitions were held in the new Olympic stadium.露天大型运动场

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→ 体育馆zhCN

How do we get to the stadium? → 去体育馆怎么走？

stadium

(stā`dēəm), racecourse in Greek cities where footraces and other athletic contests took place. The name is the Latin form of the Greek word for a standard of length and originally referred merely to the measured length of the course. Usually the stadiums were U-shaped, the curve being opposite the starting point. Natural slopes were used when possible to support the seats. The stadiums at Athens, Olympia, Delphi, and Epidaurus are among the best-known examples. The courses were generally 606 ft 9 in. long (600 Greek ft, or 185 m), although the length varied according to the local variations of the measuring unit. A similar plan was used for the hippodrome, the course where horses raced. The stadium at Athens, which was completely restored to serve for the first modern Olympic games in 1896, dates from 330 B.C. The great modern revival of interest in athletic contests has produced structures designed for various sports that seat many thousands of spectators. Although many are called stadiums, they are only slightly derivative from those of the Greeks and in most features resemble rather the Roman circuses and amphitheaters. In the United States stadiums have greatly increased in number and perfection since 1914. Their forms vary, being rectangular with curved corners, elliptical, or U-shaped. The modern stadium generally is designed for such sports as football, baseball, and track racing. The stadiums erected in European cities for Olympic games have usually been retained as permanent structures. For the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Pier Luigi NerviNervi, Pier Luigi
, 1891–1979, Italian architectural engineer. Nervi is considered one of the foremost European architectural designers of the 20th cent. His first large work, the Giovanni Berta stadium at Florence (1930–32), won world acclaim for the daring and
..... Click the link for more information. designed two remarkable reinforced-concrete arenas spanned by delicately ribbed roofs. Among American stadiums with large seating capacities are Michigan Stadium at Ann Arbor, 107,000; Ohio Stadium at Columbus, 104,000; Neyland Stadium at Knoxville, Tenn., 103,000; the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., 97,000; Beaver Stadium at University Park, Pa., 94,000; and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 92,000. Some capacity estimates vary, as the source may include temporary seating and standing room. A more recent innovation in stadium design is exemplified by the Harris County Domed Stadium, or "Astrodome," in Houston, Tex., which opened in 1965 and was used for baseball and football into the 1990s. The steel-supported structure was the first covered, temperature-controlled arena and has been the basis for many such designs subsequently developed throughout the United States; many more recent enclosed designs have retractable roofs.

Stadium

A sports arena, usually shaped like an oval, or in a horseshoe shape.

Stadium

a sports structure encompassing a playing field, stands for spectators, areas for track-and-field events and gymnastics, and certain auxiliary structures. Modern stadiums have as their prototypes the stadiums of ancient Greece, such as those at Olympia, Athens, and Delphi, which were designed for the Olympic Games and other athletic contests. These stadiums had rectangular or elongate horseshoe-shaped arenas, with places for spectators along the sides.

The rebirth of the Olympic Games in 1894 provided a powerful stimulus to the construction of large stadiums in many countries. (The ancient Athenian stadium was reconstructed for the first modern Olympiad.) In contrast to the stadiums of antiquity, modern stadiums, in addition to providing a place for athletic contests, offer facilities for programs of physical education and for courses of instruction and programs of training in various sports. Roofed stadiums were first built in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Among noteworthy foreign stadiums are the domed Maracaña-zinho stadium in Rio de Janeiro (1950, architects P. P. B. Bastus and others) and the Olympic stadiums in Rome (1959, architects P. L. Nervi, A. Nervi) and Munich (1968–72, architects I. Benisch and others). As of 1975, there were more than 3,120 stadiums in the USSR, with seating capacities between 5,000 and 103,000. Among the well-known Soviet stadiums are the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow (1928, architects L. Z. Cherikover, B. M. Iofan), the S. M. Kirov Stadium in Leningrad, and the V. I. Lenin Central Stadium in Moscow.

REFERENCES

Grechina, M. I. Stadiony. Kiev, 1957.
Kuibyshev, V. V. Krytyestadiony. Moscow, 1973.

G. V. IASNYI

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A sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped.

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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

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