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单词 audax
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Definition of audax in English:

audax

nounPlural audaxes ˈɔːdaksˈôˌdaks
  • A type of long-distance road cycling event in which participants must navigate a route within a specified period of time.

    the Essex Lanes 106 km audax
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I very much enjoyed our first proper audax, in glorious weather back in October.
    • It is also important to know that both audaxes and sportives have to avoid racing because that requires road closures and police escorts.
    • My 100 mile audax runs over Dartmoor one way and returns on a different route.
    • I've been meaning to do an audax for a while - the basic idea is, you do a fairly long ride within a specific time.
    • On this audax, I neither got a puncture nor was hit by another rider.
    • You could do the London-Edinburgh-London Audax, but you have to ride 300km a day for 5 days.
    • Doing the 108 km audax ride at Mildenhall tomorrow morning.
    • Yates is an intrepid adventurer and long-distance audax freak.
    • Without marshalls, audaxes still need proof of ride completion and that means cards to be stamped plus information points.

Origin

Via French from Italian (apparently originally with reference to a ride from Rome to Naples first held in 1897), from Latin audax, audac- 'bold, daring' (see audacious).

 
 

Definition of audax in US English:

audax

nounˈôˌdaks
  • A type of long-distance road cycling event in which participants must navigate a route within a specified period of time.

    I'm riding a 100k audax on Sunday
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've been meaning to do an audax for a while - the basic idea is, you do a fairly long ride within a specific time.
    • Without marshalls, audaxes still need proof of ride completion and that means cards to be stamped plus information points.
    • I very much enjoyed our first proper audax, in glorious weather back in October.
    • Yates is an intrepid adventurer and long-distance audax freak.
    • My 100 mile audax runs over Dartmoor one way and returns on a different route.
    • On this audax, I neither got a puncture nor was hit by another rider.
    • You could do the London-Edinburgh-London Audax, but you have to ride 300km a day for 5 days.
    • It is also important to know that both audaxes and sportives have to avoid racing because that requires road closures and police escorts.
    • Doing the 108 km audax ride at Mildenhall tomorrow morning.

Origin

Via French from Italian (apparently originally with reference to a ride from Rome to Naples first held in 1897), from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold, daring’ (see audacious).

 
 
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