| 单词 | tourney |
| 释义 | tourney (once / 6990 pages) nv A tourney is a tournament: a sporting event that consists of a series of games that result in a champion. Tourney is an informal word for a tournament. A tourney is a series of games with a bunch of different teams or individuals. Tennis events like Wimbledon are tourneys. The playoffs for the NBA, NFL, and NHL are tourneys. In a tourney, you have to beat more than one team to become the champion or overall winner, and there are different rounds in which you face different opponents. A single sporting event — like a boxing match — is not a tourney. WORD FAMILYtourney: tourneyed, tourneying, tourneys USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s one of the biggest tourneys in the country and the Knights will play four games Dec. 27-30. Seattle Times(Dec 18, 2016) Virginia Tech hits the road for their next game against New Mexico on Thanksgiving Day in Fullerton, California, competing in the Wooden Legacy tourney. Washington Times(Nov 19, 2016) Event organizers announced the field for next year’s tourney on Thursday. Washington Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1n a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner Syn|Hypo|Hyper tournament 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 2v engage in a tourney Hyper contend, fight, struggle be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight |
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