dead heat

n.1. Sports A race in which two or more contestants compete evenly or finish at the same time.2. A political campaign or other contest that is so close that it is impossible to predict the winner.

dead heat

n (Individual Sports, other than specified) a. a race or contest in which two or more participants tie for first placeb. a tie between two or more contestants in any position

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n. a race in which two or more competitors finish in a tie. [1790–1800]

dead heat

- If two horses tied in a heat, the heat did not count and was called "dead"; now any tie can be called a dead heat.See also related terms for tie.

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Noun

dead heat - a tie in a racestandoff, draw, tie - the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie"

dead heat

nounAn equality of scores, votes, or performances in a contest:deadlock, draw, stalemate, standoff, tie.

Translations

胜负不分的赛跑

dead

(ded) adjective1. without life; not living. a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers. 死去的，无生命的 2. not working and not giving any sign of being about to work. The phone/engine is dead. 不通话的（电话），熄火的（发动机） 3. absolute or complete. There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.无动静的 adverb completely. dead drunk.完全地ˈdeaden verb to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc. That will deaden the pain.使缓和ˈdeadly adjective1. causing death. a deadly poison. 致死的，致命的 2. very great. He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).非常3. very dull or uninteresting. What a deadly job this is. 枯燥的，呆板的 adverb extremely. deadly dull; deadly serious.非常dead end a road closed off at one end. （街道等）闭塞不通的一头 ˈdead-end adjective leading nowhere. a dead-end job. （喻）没出路的 dead heat a race, or a situation happening in a race, in which two or more competitors cross the finishing line together. 胜负不分的赛跑dead language a language no longer spoken, eg Latin. 无人说的语言（如拉丁语） ˈdeadline noun a time by which something must be done or finished. Monday is the deadline for handing in this essay.最后期限ˈdeadlock noun a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible. Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock.僵局

to set a deadline (not dateline) for finishing a job.

dead heat

A race or competition in which the opponents are very evenly matched. Their race times have been so close lately that I bet they'll be in a dead heat the whole time.See also: dead, heat

dead heat

A contest in which the competitors are equally matched and neither can win; a tie. For example, The two companies are in a dead heat to get a new personal computer on the market. This term comes from 18th-century British horse racing and is still part of racing terminology. It later was transferred to other kinds of competition. See also: dead, heat

dead heat, in a

Tied for first place. The term comes from horse-racing, in which “heat” used to mean simply a race (today its meaning is a bit more specific). It was in use by the late eighteenth century (“The whole race was run head and head, terminating in a dead heat,” Sporting Magazine, 1796). It later was applied to any contest in which there was a tie.See also: dead

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noun an equality of scores, votes, or performances in a contest

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noun a tie in a race

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