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单词 tetrathlon
释义

tetrathlon

/tɛˈtraθlɒn / /tɛˈtraθlən/
noun
A sporting contest in which each participant competes in four events, typically riding, shooting, swimming, and running.The older Youth A / B competitors were competing in the tetrathlon, while the younger Youth C performers did the triathlon....
  • He now moves to England where, over the coming weekend, he will compete in the English tetrathlon, again representing Carlow Hunt Pony Club as an individual contestant.
  • As opposed to his European counterparts - who usually come into pentathlon from a swimming and fencing background - Fox's interest in the sport was piqued at age 12 when he was a member of a riding club and competing in tetrathlon.

Origin

1950s: from tetra- 'four' + Greek athlon 'contest', on the pattern of pentathlon.

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