网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 pentathlon
释义 pentathlon
noun[ Cusually singular or U ]
uk /penˈtæθ.lɒn/ us /penˈtæθ.lɑːn/
an Olympic sport that includes five events: swimming, fencing (= fighting with long thin swords), showjumping (= riding horses over fences), and cross-country running(= running a long distance in the countryside) combined with shooting: 现代五项(包括游泳、击剑、马术、越野跑和射击的多项目运动)
The pentathlon was created by the International Olympic Committee's founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
He came into pentathlon through swimming, his strongest event.
Synonym
modern pentathlon
a sport that includes five athletics(= running, jumping, and throwing) events : 现代五项运动,五项全能运动
Mary Peters won the pentathlon at the 1972 Olympics.
She began competing in pentathlon at the age of 12.
Compare
biathlon
decathlon
heptathlon
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Specific sporting events
bowl
classic
El Clásico
FA Cup
Highland Games
Madison
modern pentathlon
Olympiad
Olympic
Paralympian
Paralympic
roller derby
Super Bowl
swimathon
the IOC
triple-header
twin bill
vert
walkathon
World Series

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Athletics

Examples of pentathlon


pentathlon
The list includes weightlifting, wrestling, volleyball—which was mentioned earlier—handball, basketball, modern pentathlon, triathlon, judo, curling, bobsleigh and speed-skating.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Those sports are weight-lifting, swimming, modern pentathlon, athletics, fencing, wrestling and canoeing.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The fact is that it involves all the cadets together; the pentathlon is much admired by them as a great activity at which to aim.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
A pentathlon is an athletic contest of five events.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Those three sports are athletics, weight-lifting and modern pentathlon.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
British exporters had to jump a final hurdle in the industrial pentathlon, namely, the overvalued pound.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
He chose to compete in the modern pentathlon.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In 1978, the modern pentathlon department was founded and in 1980, the judo department.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, and weightlifting events.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Iagorashvili emerged as one of the top favorites to win the women's modern pentathlon in the early 2000s.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is a variant of the modern pentathlon, without fencing.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
After first switching to modern pentathlon, at the end of 2000, she began to specialize in fencing.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He is a national record holder in pentathlon.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He competed in several sports including basketball, pentathlon, swimming and fencing.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He has collected many national championship titles in high jump, 110m hurdles, 60m hurdles, decathlon and indoor pentathlon.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/23 3:11:20