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词汇 decathlon
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Definition of decathlon in English:

decathlon

noun dɪˈkaθləndɪˈkaθlɒn
  • An athletic event taking place over two days, in which each competitor takes part in the same prescribed ten events (100 metres sprint, long jump, shot-put, high jump, 400 metres, 110 metres hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1,500 metres).

    十项全能运动

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dean Macey today vowed to be back stronger than ever after a remarkable fourth place in the Olympic decathlon in Athens.
    • Tom Waddell, a 30-year-old army physician, comes sixth in the Olympic decathlon.
    • To an educated European audience, it seems strange that the opening ceremony could be a total sell-out but a day with the women's 100m, men's triple-jump, women's pole vault and the decathlon falls 10,000 short of capacity.
    • The Kazahkstan athlete leads the decathlon after seven events.
    • The decathlon resumes early on Tuesday with the 110 metres hurdles and continues with the discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 metres.
    • Drechsler's boyfriend is also an athlete, or rather a former athlete, as the Frenchman Blondel has retired from the decathlon.
    • He began training for the decathlon after being sidelined with an injury and watching other decathletes train.
    • He will be competing in the pole vault, javelin and 110 metres hurdles before doing his first decathlon of 2004 at the AAA Under-20 Combined Events Championships in Stoke the week after.
    • ‘This Rover Initiative will help raise the profile of combined events and encourage more youngsters to take up the decathlon and heptathlon,’ added Campbell.
    • He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the AAA's Championships with a score of 6,286 points.
    • He is a two-time Middle Eastern Athletic Conference shotput champion, and finished fourth in the decathlon at the conference meet.
    • The 1912 Olympics in Stockholm are best remembered for Jim Thorpe's world record successes in the most demanding track and field events, the pentathlon and the decathlon.
    • Macey, competing in his first decathlon since the Sydney Olympics, punched the air when he saw his time on the stadium scoreboard.
    • Although Yang did not win by the 10 seconds he needed in the final event of the decathlon - the 1,500 meters - for the gold medal in Rome, he nevertheless won Taiwan's first medal in the Olympics, a silver.
    • After competing in football, basketball, baseball and wrestling in high school Pappas began training for the decathlon in 1995; his first win came in 1998
    • This technique can pull an athlete's core temperature down in just a few minutes, and can be used to help athletes to refresh between competitions in events such as the decathlon, as well as to develop heat tolerance during training.
    • World bronze medallist Dmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan stretched his overnight lead in the decathlon to 166 points after the first two events on the second day of the 10-discipline event.
    • He showed a particular talent for track and field, settling into the decathlon as his primary event.
    • Steve Harris is a Senior Level 4 coach at the Barnet and District Athletics Club, coaching events in long jump, sprints, decathlon, discus and javelin.
    • He placed fifth in the decathlon at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials

Derivatives

  • decathlete

  • noundɪˈkaθliːtdəˈkæθlit
    • An athlete who takes part in a decathlon.

      an Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Bergvall, a former decathlete who has been her trainer since 1999, first spotted Klüft at her local sports club when she was 13.
      • United States decathlete Dan O'Brien won the event to avenge his disappointment for not making the Olympics four years earlier.
      • The 26-year-old decathlete eased past the qualifying target of 7,700 points after two days of competition at the Hexham International Multi-Events competition.

Origin

Early 20th century: from deca- 'ten' + Greek athlon 'contest'.

Definition of decathlon in US English:

decathlon

noun
  • An athletic event taking place over two days, in which each competitor takes part in the same prescribed ten events (100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1,500-meter run).

    十项全能运动

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘This Rover Initiative will help raise the profile of combined events and encourage more youngsters to take up the decathlon and heptathlon,’ added Campbell.
    • World bronze medallist Dmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan stretched his overnight lead in the decathlon to 166 points after the first two events on the second day of the 10-discipline event.
    • He showed a particular talent for track and field, settling into the decathlon as his primary event.
    • This technique can pull an athlete's core temperature down in just a few minutes, and can be used to help athletes to refresh between competitions in events such as the decathlon, as well as to develop heat tolerance during training.
    • Dean Macey today vowed to be back stronger than ever after a remarkable fourth place in the Olympic decathlon in Athens.
    • Steve Harris is a Senior Level 4 coach at the Barnet and District Athletics Club, coaching events in long jump, sprints, decathlon, discus and javelin.
    • Macey, competing in his first decathlon since the Sydney Olympics, punched the air when he saw his time on the stadium scoreboard.
    • Drechsler's boyfriend is also an athlete, or rather a former athlete, as the Frenchman Blondel has retired from the decathlon.
    • The 1912 Olympics in Stockholm are best remembered for Jim Thorpe's world record successes in the most demanding track and field events, the pentathlon and the decathlon.
    • The Kazahkstan athlete leads the decathlon after seven events.
    • He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the AAA's Championships with a score of 6,286 points.
    • Tom Waddell, a 30-year-old army physician, comes sixth in the Olympic decathlon.
    • He is a two-time Middle Eastern Athletic Conference shotput champion, and finished fourth in the decathlon at the conference meet.
    • The decathlon resumes early on Tuesday with the 110 metres hurdles and continues with the discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 metres.
    • Although Yang did not win by the 10 seconds he needed in the final event of the decathlon - the 1,500 meters - for the gold medal in Rome, he nevertheless won Taiwan's first medal in the Olympics, a silver.
    • To an educated European audience, it seems strange that the opening ceremony could be a total sell-out but a day with the women's 100m, men's triple-jump, women's pole vault and the decathlon falls 10,000 short of capacity.
    • After competing in football, basketball, baseball and wrestling in high school Pappas began training for the decathlon in 1995; his first win came in 1998
    • He began training for the decathlon after being sidelined with an injury and watching other decathletes train.
    • He will be competing in the pole vault, javelin and 110 metres hurdles before doing his first decathlon of 2004 at the AAA Under-20 Combined Events Championships in Stoke the week after.
    • He placed fifth in the decathlon at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials

Origin

Early 20th century: from deca- ‘ten’ + Greek athlon ‘contest’.

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