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单词 sportfully
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sport /spɔrt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Sport an often competitive athletic activity requiring skill or physical ability:[countable]interested in several sports: gymnastics, baseball, and soccer.
  2. Sport such activities thought of as a group:[uncountable]And now, news from the world of sport.
  3. [uncountable] recreation;
    diversion.
  4. jest;
    pleasantry:[uncountable]It was all done in sport.
  5. mockery;
    ridicule:[uncountable]made sport of his haircut.
  6. one who behaves in a fair, understanding way:[countable]We hope he'll be a (good) sport and give us the raise we deserve.

adj. [before a noun] Also, sports. 
  1. Sportof, relating to, or used in sports:an expert in sports medicine.
  2. Clothingsuitable for outdoor or informal wear:sport clothes.

v. 
  1. to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime;
    frolic:[no object]kittens sporting and playing.
  2. [no object] to speak or act in a joking manner.
  3. to wear or display, esp. while showing off:[+ object]She sported a diamond ring.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sport  (spôrt, spōrt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sportan athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
  2. Sporta particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.
  3. diversion;
    recreation;
    pleasant pastime.
  4. jest;
    fun;
    mirth;
    pleasantry:What he said in sport was taken seriously.
  5. mockery;
    ridicule;
    derision:They made sport of him.
  6. an object of derision;
    laughingstock.
  7. something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.
  8. something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
  9. Sporta sportsman.
  10. Informal Termsa person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner;
    an accommodating person:He was a sport and took his defeat well.
  11. Sport, Informal Terms[Informal.]a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling;
    gambler.
  12. Informal Termsa flashy person;
    one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like;
    a bon vivant.
  13. [Biol.]an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type;
    mutation.
  14. [Obs.]amorous dalliance.

adj. 
  1. Sportof, pertaining to, or used in sports or a particular sport.
  2. Clothingsuitable for outdoor or informal wear:sport clothes.

v.i. 
  1. to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation.
  2. to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal.
  3. Sportto engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport.
  4. to trifle or treat lightly:to sport with another's emotions.
  5. to mock, scoff, or tease:to sport at suburban life.
  6. Botanyto mutate.

v.t. 
  1. to pass (time) in amusement or sport.
  2. to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often fol. by away).
  3. Informal Termsto wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation;
    show off:to sport a new mink coat.
  4. [Archaic.]to amuse (esp. oneself ).
  5. British Terms sport one's oak. See oak (def. 5).
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; aphetic variant of disport
sportful, adj. 
sportful•ly, adv. 
sportful•ness, n. 
sportless, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged game.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged amusement, fun, entertainment. See play. 
    • 18.See corresponding entry in Unabridged romp, caper.
    • 20.See corresponding entry in Unabridged toy.

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