Marathon
['mærəθ(ə)n] or ['mærə,θɑn]
解释:
(noun.) any long and arduous undertaking.
(noun.) a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.
(noun.) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.
格里菲思校对--From WordNet
例句:
- Then, with the sudden energy of despair, she calls upon the heroes of Salamis, of Thermopyl?, of Marathon, to aid their mother in the time of need. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- This expedition made a landing near Marathon in Attica. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Persians were guided into Marathon by a renegade Greek, Hippias, the son of Peisistratus, who had been tyrant of Athens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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