| 单词 | contestant |
| 释义 | contestant (once / 2409 pages) 1n 2n A contestant is someone who competes in a game or contest. Contestants in many beauty competitions need to demonstrate a talent, like singing or dancing, as well as look pretty. If you're a contestant on a TV game show, you might have to answer trivia questions, and if you're a debate contestant, you need to argue your case clearly. You can also be a contestant in a sporting competition or on a reality show. Contestant comes from the verb contest, from the French contester, "oppose," which has a Latin root, contestari, "to bring action." WORD FAMILYcontestant: contestants USAGE EXAMPLESThe other contestants will include fellow Olympians Louis Smith and Jade Jones, and model Caprice Bourret. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) America’s Next Top Model DJ Khaled schools the contestants on social media branding in this new episode. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) It was as if their bodies were intensifying their effort to pull the contestants back to their original weight. New York Times(May 02, 2016) 1 n a person who participates in competitions 2Exp|Hypo|Hyper Henry Louis Aaron United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934) Arthur Robert AsheUnited States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993) Lawrence Peter BerraUnited States baseball player (born 1925) John Donald BudgeUnited States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000) Maureen Catherine ConnollyUnited States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969) James Scott Connorsoutstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952) Margaret CourtAustralian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) Ely CulbertsonUnited States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955) Dwight Filley DavisUnited States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945) Joseph Paul DiMaggioUnited States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999) Gertrude Caroline EderleUnited States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003) Julius Winfield ErvingUnited States basketball forward (born in 1950) Christine Marie EvertUnited States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954) Robert James FischerUnited States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943) Richard D. FosburyUnited States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947) Henry Louis Gehrigbaseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941) Althea GibsonUnited States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003) Stephanie GrafGerman tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969) Wayne Gretzkyhigh-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961) Sir Edmund Percival HillaryNew Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919) John Berry Hobbsnotable English cricketer (1882-1963) William Benjamin HoganUnited States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997) Gordie HoweCanadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928) Edmond HoyleEnglish writer on card games (1672-1769) Sir Leonard HuttonEnglish cricketer (1916-1990) Robert Tyre JonesUnited States golfer (1902-1971) Anatoli Yevgenevich KarpovRussian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951) Gary WeinsteinAzerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963) Billie Jean Moffitt KingUnited States woman tennis player (born in 1943) Olga KorbutSoviet gymnast (born in 1955) Viktor Lvovich KorchnoiRussian chess master (born in 1931) Rodney George LaverAustralian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938) Ivan LendlUnited States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960) Frederick Carleton LewisUnited States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961) Mickey Charles MantleUnited States baseball player (1931-1997) Robert Bruce MathiasUnited States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930) Willie Howard Mays Jr.United States baseball player (born in 1931) John Joseph McGrawUnited States baseball player and manager (1873-1934) Helen Newington WillsUnited States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998) Stanley Frank MusialUnited States baseball player (born in 1920) Martina NavratilovaUnited States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956) Jack William NicklausUnited States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940) Gregory John NormanAustralian golfer (born in 1955) Robert OrrCanadian hockey player (born 1948) James Cleveland OwensUnited States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980) Leroy Robert PaigeUnited States baseball player; a black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982) Arnold Daniel PalmerUnited States golfer (born in 1929) Oscar Palmer RobertsonUnited States basketball guard (born in 1938) Jack Roosevelt RobinsonUnited States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) William Felton RussellUnited States basketball center (born in 1934) George Herman RuthUnited States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) Gene SarazenUnited States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999) Monica SelesUnited States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973) Samuel Jackson SneadUnited States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002) Boris Vasilevich SpasskyRussian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937) Tenzing NorgaySherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986) James Francis Thorpeoutstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) William Tatem Tilden Jr.United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953) Lee Buck TrevinoUnited States golfer (born in 1939) Virginia WadeEnglish tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945) Theodore Samuel WilliamsUnited States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002) Carl YastrzemskiUnited States baseball player (born in 1939) Danton True YoungUnited States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) Mildred Ella Didrikson Zahariasoutstanding United States athlete (1914-1956) Sir Roger Gilbert BannisterEnglish runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) John WalkerNew Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952) agonist someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) athlete, jocka person trained to compete in sports defaultera contestant who forfeits a match entrantone who enters a competition long shota contestant that is unlikely to win also-ran, losera contestant who loses the contest opponent, opposite, oppositiona contestant that you are matched against outsidera contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win participant, playera person who participates in or is skilled at some game pothuntersomeone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies qualifiera contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rivalthe contestant you hope to defeat startera contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning victor, winnerthe contestant who wins the contest withdrawera contestant who withdraws from competition contesteea winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested acrobatan athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination amateuran athlete who does not play for pay ball hawka team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball ballplayer, baseball playeran athlete who plays baseball basketball player, basketeer, cageran athlete who plays basketball billiard playersomeone who plays billiards bowlera player who rolls balls down an alley at pins card playersomeone who plays (or knows how to play) card games champ, champion, title-holdersomeone who has won first place in a competition chess playersomeone who plays the game of chess climbersomeone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains comersomeone with a promising future cricketeran athlete who plays cricket dart playersomeone who plays the game of darts finalista contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition enemy, foea personal enemy football player, footballeran athlete who plays American football favorite, favourite, front-runnera competitor thought likely to win golf player, golfer, linksmansomeone who plays the game of golf grandmastera player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge gymnastan athlete who is skilled in gymnastics hockey player, ice-hockey playeran athlete who plays hockey hooker(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot hurdleran athlete who runs the hurdles jumperan athlete who competes at jumping king, queen, world-beatera competitor who holds a preeminent position lacrosse playeran athlete who plays lacrosse lettermanan athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport old maidthe loser in a game of old maid medalist, medallistsomeone who has won a medal MVP, most valuable playerthe player judged to be the most important to the sport Olympianan athlete who participates in the Olympic games pentathletean athlete who competes in a pentathlon playmakera player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score pool playersomeone who shoots pool pro, professionalan athlete who plays for pay runnera trained athlete who competes in foot races runner-up, second bestthe competitor who finishes second scorera player who makes a score in a game or contest scratcha competitor who has withdrawn from competition seed, seeded playerone of the outstanding players in a tournament semifinalistone of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination server(court games) the player who serves to start a point sharpshooteran athlete noted for accurate aim shooter(sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket) shot putteran athlete who competes in the shot put skatersomeone who skates skiersomeone who skis sleddersomeone who rides a sled soccer playeran athlete who plays soccer sport, sportsman, sportswomansomeone who engages in sports starting pitcher(baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game stringera member of a squad on a team street fightera contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods strikera forward on a soccer team reserve, second-stringer, substitutean athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced swimmera trained athlete who participates in swimming meets swingersomeone who swings sports implements tennis playeran athlete who plays tennis tierany one of two or more competitors who tie one another tiltersomeone who engages in a tilt or joust upsetteran unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor pole jumper, pole vaulter, vaulteran athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole volleyball playersomeone who plays the game of volleyball wallopera winner by a wide margin lifter, weightlifteran athlete who lifts barbells winger(sports) player in wing position individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being n a person who dissents from some established policy Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper dissenter, dissident, objector, protester Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918) CO, conscientious objector one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience nonconformist, recusantsomeone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct political dissidenta dissenter from political orthodoxy NIMBYsomeone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard beat, beatnika member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior bohemiana nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life enfant terriblea person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others heretica person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) maverick, rebelsomeone who exhibits great independence in thought and action individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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