hippodrome

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A horse racing course.
  2. A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner. US,slang
  3. A circus with equestrian performances. archaic
动词 v.
  1. To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers. US,especially,slang

词形变化

hippodromes plural hippodromes present,singular,third-person hippodroming participle,present hippodromed participle,past hippodromed past

词汇关系

衍生词
hippodromic hippodromist

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos
Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos)
Proto-Indo-European *drem-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos)
Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor.
Latin hippodromoslbor.
French hippodromebor.
English hippodrome
Borrowed from French hippodrome, a learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos
Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos)
Proto-Indo-European *drem-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos)
Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor.
Latin hippodromoslbor.
French hippodromebor.
English hippodrome
Borrowed from French hippodrome, a learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.
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