hippodrome

FREQ #48490

赛马场

发音

AU /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/

词形变化

hippodromes 复数 hippodromes hippodromed hippodromes 三单 hippodroming hippodroming 现在分词 hippodromed 过去式 hippodromed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A horse racing course.

    赛马场

    竞技场

  2. 2.

    A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.

    美国 俚语 体育
  3. 3.

    A circus with equestrian performances.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.

    美国 俚语 体育 游戏

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

bowl stadium arena

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor. Latin hippodromoslbor. French hippodromebor. English hippodrome Borrowed from French hippodrome, a learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.

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