| 单词 | tournament |
| 释义 | tournament (once / 330 pages) n A tournament refers to a gathering of competitors playing a series of games. There are chess tournaments, golf tournaments, tennis tournaments, and a number of tournaments titled “Tournament of Champions.” In medieval times, large groups of knights would gather and compete in a tournament. These tournaments were composed of a number of fighting events. In the melee event, the knights were divided into two teams which would ride at each other with lances, trying to unhorse the opposing knights. There is evidence that weapons were not blunted for these tournaments. Ouch. WORD FAMILYtournament: tournaments USAGE EXAMPLESThe Tournament of Roses Rose Parade Facebook page posted this photo of Palmer in the wake of his death in September. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) Open in September and hasn’t advanced past the second round at her home tournament in Queensland state. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Basketball coaches are still bristling about the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s new state tournament format. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner Syn|Hypo|Hyper tourney World Cup a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion elimination tournamenta tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds opena tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play round robina tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant competition, contest an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants 2n a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize Hyper competition, contest an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
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