champion

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n. 冠军, 拥护者, 战士 vt. 保卫, 拥护 a. 优胜的

发音

US /ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/
UK /ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/
AU /ˈt͡ʃæmpjən/
其它 /ˈt͡ʃæmp.jɪn/

词形变化

champions 复数 champions championed championeth championing champions 三单 championing 现在分词 championed 过去式 championed 过去分词

别名

champ

教材释义与例句

名词

冠军;拥护者;战士

someone or something that has won a competition, especially in sport

动词

支持;拥护

If you champion a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them

形容词

优胜的;第一流的

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    An ongoing winner in a game or contest.

    The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger.

  2. 2.

    Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.

    Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe.

  3. 3.

    Someone who fights for a cause or status.

    拥护者

    Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage.

  4. 4.

    Someone who fights on another's behalf.

    champion of the poor

  5. 5.

    A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.

    生物 植物学
v.
  1. 1.

    To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).

    及物
  2. 2.

    To challenge.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.

    定语

    a champion bodybuilder

  2. 2.

    Excellent; beyond compare.

    定语
  3. 3.

    Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.

    爱尔兰 方言 表语

    "That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny.

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). By surface analysis champ + -ion. Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).

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