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单词 rogaining
释义

Definition of rogaining in English:

rogaining

nounˈrəʊɡeɪnɪŋ
mass nounAustralian, NZ
  • A competitive sport in which runners find their way across open country with a map and compass, similar to orienteering, but held over greater times and distances.

    one feature of rogaining is the opportunity for night navigation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rogaining closely mimics the animal foraging problem of choosing which points to visit in what order.
    • Officials have withdrawn rogaining from the list of interservice sports.
    • The identified disciplines are mountain biking, sea kayaking and rogaining.
    • For those unfamiliar with the sport of rogaining, it is a gruelling physical endurance event.
    • A year later the Victorian Rogaining Association was formed.
    • Their sport is rogaining - a somewhat shortened term for an endurance field navigation exercise covering up to 200 square kilometres.
    • Teamwork and team strategy play a major role in rogaining.
    • The soldiers first used rogaining as a means of training when they were both part of the now defunct Land Rescue Team at RAAF Base Richmond.
    • Four members of the team have taken to the sport of rogaining.
    • The rogaining event in New Zealand was held over 24 hours.

Origin

1970s: from a blend of parts of the names of Rod, Gail, and Neil Phillips, the game's inventors.

 
 
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