decathlon

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /diːˈkæθlɒn/|/dɪˈkæθlɒn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
    — He entered U.C.L.A. in 1954 and played for the renowned coach John Wooden’s basketball team there while training for decathlons.
  2. A contest in science and math proving skill.

词形变化

decathlons plural decathla plural

词汇关系

相关词
decathlete

词源

From dec- + -athlon, coined for the 1912 Summer Olympics in analogy to the word pentathlon.
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