pentathlon

n. 五项全能运动

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词形变化

pentathla pentathlons 复数 pentathlons pentathla 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”).

    体育
  3. 3.

    Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.

    五项全能

    体育

词汇关系

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上位词 1

athletics

相关短语

modern pentathlon n. 现代五项运动 snow pentathlon

词源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”). By surface analysis, penta- + -athlon.

来源：wiktionary