Tournament
['tʊənəm(ə)nt] or ['tɔnəmənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner.
(noun.) a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize.
格雷琴編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle.
(n.) Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
手打:奥斯伯特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Tourney.
克莱儿整理
解釋/意思:
n. a military sport of the Middle Ages in which combatants engaged one another to display their courage and skill in arms: any contest in skill involving a number of competitors and a series of games.—Also Tour′ney.
多拉編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- I went thither to render to Isaac the Jew of York, replied Gurth, the price of a suit of armour with which he fitted my master for this tournament. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It had been a Cistercian Convent in old days, when the Smithfield, which is contiguous to it, was a tournament ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The pause in the tournament was still uninterrupted, excepting by the voices of the heralds exclaiming--Love of ladies, splintering of lances! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It is not a tilt at a tournament we are going to behold, but a struggle about money, and food, and life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- From the Disinherited Knight, said Gurth, victor in this day's tournament. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Ere she had time to do so, the Templar whispered to the Prior, I shall wear no collar of gold of yours at the tournament. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Unbelieving dog, said the Templar to Isaac the Jew, as he passed him in the throng, dost thou bend thy course to the tournament? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Let me hope she will be less cruel to the splendid train which are to meet at the tournament. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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