| 单词 | arena |
| 释义 | arena (once / 617 pages) 1n 2n If you're watching a college basketball game in person, chances are you're in an arena — a building specially designed for sporting events and large-scale rock concerts. There's not much difference between an arena and a stadium, although an arena is enclosed and a stadium sometimes has an open roof. Football is usually played in a stadium, while basketball and other sports typically hold their games in arenas. The word arena originally meant "place of combat," and it's sometimes still used this way. Its root is harena, a kind of sand that was supposedly used on the floor during ancient Roman battles to soak up spilled blood. WORD FAMILYarena: arenas USAGE EXAMPLES“It was definitely a leap of faith,” Robinson said after a recent game at Michigan’s Crisler Arena. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The arena is packed, and the faces are mostly white. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The school is one of about 70 elementary-only, mostly rural, single-school districts in Missouri that receive little attention in the education arena. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper bowl, sports stadium, stadium Amphitheatrum Flavium a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80 amphitheater, amphitheatre, coliseum an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held ballpark, parka facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games) bullringa stadium where bullfights take place circus(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games covered stadium, dome, domed stadiuma stadium that has a roof football stadiuma stadium where football games are held hippodromea stadium for horse shows or horse races skyboxan elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 2n a playing field where sports events take place Syn|Hypo|Hyper scene of action circus an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent athletic field, field, playing area, playing field a piece of land prepared for playing a game 3n the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand 2Hyper area, country a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) n a particular environment or walk of life Syn|Hypo|Hyper area, domain, field, orbit, sphere distaff the sphere of work by women fronta sphere of activity involving effort kingdom, land, realma domain in which something is dominant lapan area of control or responsibility political arena, political spherea sphere of intense political activity preservea domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone province, responsibilitythe proper sphere or extent of your activities lotus land, lotuslandan idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence lap of the godsbeyond human control or responsibility ecclesiastical provincethe district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order environment the totality of surrounding conditions |
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