marathon
英 ['m?r?θ(?)n]
美['m?r?,θɑn]
- n. 馬拉松賽跑；耐力的考驗(yàn)
- adj. 馬拉松式的；有耐力的
- vi. 參加馬拉松賽跑
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1. 音譯“馬拉松”。
公元前490年，一場(chǎng)激烈的戰(zhàn)役在位于雅典東北40公里處的村鎮(zhèn)——馬拉松（Marathon）打響。最終，雅典人在米太亞得的統(tǒng)率下，打敗了波斯人。
這是一場(chǎng)決定性的戰(zhàn)役。通過(guò)這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)役，雅典人擊退了波斯人的入侵，拯救了希臘，結(jié)束了第一次米堤亞戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
為了盡快將勝利的消息告知國(guó)人，雅典軍隊(duì)派了一名賽跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員回去報(bào)信。這名運(yùn)動(dòng)員從戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)一口氣跑到了雅典城。當(dāng)他到達(dá)目的地，剛宣布完勝利的喜訊后，就一頭栽倒在地，力竭而死。
為了紀(jì)念這位勇敢的士兵，人們于19世紀(jì)末設(shè)立了一個(gè)距離為42.195公里的長(zhǎng)跑比賽項(xiàng)目并將其命名為“馬拉松”。
時(shí)至今天，馬拉松賽跑已成為奧運(yùn)會(huì)的收官項(xiàng)目。
公元前490年，一場(chǎng)激烈的戰(zhàn)役在位于雅典東北40公里處的村鎮(zhèn)——馬拉松（Marathon）打響。最終，雅典人在米太亞得的統(tǒng)率下，打敗了波斯人。
這是一場(chǎng)決定性的戰(zhàn)役。通過(guò)這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)役，雅典人擊退了波斯人的入侵，拯救了希臘，結(jié)束了第一次米堤亞戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
為了盡快將勝利的消息告知國(guó)人，雅典軍隊(duì)派了一名賽跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員回去報(bào)信。這名運(yùn)動(dòng)員從戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)一口氣跑到了雅典城。當(dāng)他到達(dá)目的地，剛宣布完勝利的喜訊后，就一頭栽倒在地，力竭而死。
為了紀(jì)念這位勇敢的士兵，人們于19世紀(jì)末設(shè)立了一個(gè)距離為42.195公里的長(zhǎng)跑比賽項(xiàng)目并將其命名為“馬拉松”。
時(shí)至今天，馬拉松賽跑已成為奧運(yùn)會(huì)的收官項(xiàng)目。
中文詞源
marathon 馬拉松
來(lái)自古希臘地名Marathon,字面意思為茴香，即長(zhǎng)滿(mǎn)茴香的土地。來(lái)自公元前490年，在Battle of Marathon戰(zhàn)役中，希臘聯(lián)軍打敗了波斯軍隊(duì)，戰(zhàn)士Pheidippides從Marathon一路不停奔跑將這一喜迅?jìng)鬟_(dá)給雅典，最后力竭而死。其路程約為42.195公里，后為紀(jì)念他，在1896年首次在雅典舉行的奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)上設(shè)置了這一比賽項(xiàng)目，即marathon race.
英文詞源
- marathon
- marathon: [19] According to tradition, when the Greek army defeated the Persians at Marathon, on the northeast coast of Attica, in 490 BC, the runner Pheidippides was dispatched to bring the good news to Athens (in fact there is no contemporary evidence for the story, which is not recorded until 700 years after the event). When the modern Olympic Games were first held, in Athens in 1896, a long-distance race was introduced to commemorate the ancient feat, run over a course supposedly equal in distance to that from Marathon to Athens (about 35 km/22 miles).
The present distance (42.195 km/26 miles 385 yards) was established at the 1908 London Olympics (the odd yards were added to bring the finishing line in front of the royal box). - marathon (n.)
- 1896, marathon race, from story of Greek hero Pheidippides, who in 490 B.C.E. ran the 26 miles and 385 yards to Athens from the Plains of Marathon to tell of the allied Greek victory there over Persian army. The original story (Herodotus) is that he ran from Athens to Sparta to seek aid, which arrived too late to participate in the battle. Introduced as an athletic event in the 1896 revival of the Olympic Games, based on a later, less likely story, and quickly extended to mean "any very long event or activity." The place name is literally "fennel-field." Related: Marathoner (by 1912).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Rodgers can also claim four victories in the New York Marathon.
- 羅杰斯也能在紐約馬拉松比賽中4次奪冠。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Another Cup marathon between the two sides is now a distinct possibility.
- 雙方很可能再進(jìn)行一場(chǎng)馬拉松式的優(yōu)勝杯比賽。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon and died shortly afterwards.
- 一名39歲的馬拉松參賽者跑到一半時(shí)癱倒在地，沒(méi)過(guò)多久就死了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. People make marathon journeys to buy glass here.
- 人們千里迢迢趕到這里購(gòu)買(mǎi)玻璃。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. to run a marathon
- 參加馬拉松賽跑
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》