Arena
[ə'riːnə] or [ə'rinə]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a playing field where sports events take place.
(noun.) the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand.
手打:尼尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.
(n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
(n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
錄入:索尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Field, lists, stage, ring, amphitheatre, battle-field, field of battle, scene of action, place of contest.
费利西亚編輯
解釋/意思:
n. part of the ancient amphitheatre strewed with sand for the combats of gladiators and wild beasts: any place of public contest: a battlefield: place of action of any kind.—adj. Arenā′ceous sandy: dry: (geol.) applied to rocks composed entirely or largely of grains of quartz.—ns. Arenā′ria the sandwort a genus of low herbs allied to the chickweeds; Arenā′tion the application of hot sand to the body as a remedy.
赫克托整理
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. In politics an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
克拉拉錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Ten of us can take the throne, for I had seen that Issus' guards had for the most part entered the fray within the arena. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- At a signal from Dak Kova the doors of two cages were thrown open and a dozen green Martian females were driven to the center of the arena. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- I could see messengers running swiftly through the audience, and as they passed the nobles there unsheathed their swords and sprang into the arena. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- He still grasped Jane in one great arm as Tarzan bounded like a leopard into the arena which nature had provided for this primeval-like battle. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I cried as we approached the arena's barrier wall. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I might have been an unfortunate little bull in a Spanish arena, I got so smartingly touched up by these moral goads. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- We were having a merry time of it, we two, when a great body of Issus' own guards were ordered into the arena. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- That you will be thrown to the wild calots [dogs] in the great arena as soon as the hordes have assembled for the yearly games. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- As soon as the signal is given the bull is let into the arena. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Snatching up his long-sword, I sprang into the arena. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It flew true as an arrow and piercing the poor devil's heart laid him dead upon the arena. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- A huge black entered the arena with the young women. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Dak Kova, with his jeds and chieftains, sat at the center of one side of the arena upon a large raised platform. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The Colosseum at Rome, for example, the arena of many great gladiatorial shows, was converted into a fortress, and so was the amphitheatre at Arles. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Motioning her to follow, Tarzan walked toward the trees at the edge of the arena, and taking her in one strong arm swung to the branches above. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
吉塞尔編輯