| 单词 |
winter sport |
| 释义 |
winter sport
a. A sport enjoyed in the winter; spec. an outdoor sport on snow or ice, such as skiing or skating. Usu. pl.
1828Ladies' Mag. Mar. 141 (heading) Children at their winter sports. 1847C. M. Yonge Scenes & Characters xiii. 163 Intent upon the various winter sports in which William and Lord Rotherwood allowed him to share [at an English country house]. 1879H. Chadwick (title) Handbook of winter sports. Embracing: skating (on ice and on rollers,) rink-ball, curling, ice-boating, and American football. 1906Dress Dec. 18/1 Tobogganing, another favorite winter sport introduced from Canada, has many devotees. 1934F. Scott Fitzgerald Tender is Night i. iii. 17 Vivid advertising cards of the railroad companies..winter sports at Chamonix. 1956A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 213 Winter sports, especially skiing, were popular. 1975Oxf. Compan. Sports 950/2 Skibobbing is a new winter sport, combining the virtues of the ski, the bobsleigh, and the velocipede in a downhill run.
b. attrib. (in sing. and pl.).
1908E. & M. Syers Bk. Winter Sports 323 Some notes on winter-sport resorts. 1922Cook's Continental Timetable Jan. 377 (Advt.), Central position. Close to all Winter Sports places. 1950E. Hemingway Across River xxxiii. 207 It would be just like any winter-sports hotel. 1966N. Freeling King of Rainy Country 38 She had gone..on a wintersport holiday. 1975Country Life 30 Oct. 1192/2 A really beautiful collection of winter sports clothes.
Hence winter-sport v. intr., to engage in winter sports; winter-sporting vbl. n.
1948M. Laski Tory Heaven ix. 128 I'd like to go winter-sporting in January. 1955T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences xi. 265 Few who ‘winter-sport’..feel that their social rating is thereby raised. 1961Times 13 May 11/2 The famous winter-sporting centres. 1974Guardian 23 Mar. 14/2 If you've fished in Scotland, if you've winter sported in Switzerland, you can do it all in Sweden. |
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