gymkhana

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
    — In the afternoon the British held athletic sports, an impromptu military tournament, and a gymkhana, all of which caused much merriment and diversion, and the Boers profited by the cessation of the shell fire to shovel away at their trenches.
  2. A place of public resort for athletic games, etc. India,Myanmar,dated
    — These privileged gentlemen have a fine club on the Fateh Maidan, a suburb of Hyderabad city, and they enjoy sports and races at the local gymkhana, in fact, they have a very good time, if one may judge by their appearance.
  3. A meeting for such sports. India,Myanmar,dated
  4. Synonym of motorkhana.
  5. Any event, situation, etc., with a broad array of elements. figuratively
    — There was argument, public, private, and bar-parlor, with heated championship of one term or another on near-scientific, quasi-etymological, and a number of other grounds, but gradually one term began to dominate this philological gymkhana.

词形变化

gymkhanas plural

词汇关系

衍生词
icekhana motorkhana

词源

From Hindustani گیند خانہ (gendxānā) / गेंदख़ाना (gendxānā, “racquet court”), from گیند / गेंद (gend, “ball”) + خانہ / ख़ाना (xānā, “court”). Influenced by gymnastics and gymnasium.
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