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Tournament Golf Tennis Number Knights Competition 英 Tʊənəmənt] 美

英语单词 tournament
英美音标 英 ['tʊənəmənt] 美 ['tʊrnəmənt]
中文释义 n.锦标赛;比赛;比武
英语例句 (1) Winning the tournament gratified the golf champion.
(2) I won the tennis tournament.
(3) She went out in the first round of the tournament/went out of the tournament in the first round.
(4) She would no doubt have been anxious for something small in the way of a tournament.
中文例句 (1) 那位高尔夫球世界冠军为赢得锦标赛而感到高兴。
(2) 我赢了那场网球比赛。
(3) 她在比赛的第一轮比赛中遭淘汰。
(4) 她无疑急于想要举行一场小规模的马上比武。
vocabulary简明 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.”
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]锦标赛 A tournament is a sports competition in which players who win a match continue to play further matches in the competition until just one person or team is left.
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