marathon
英 ['m?r?θ(?)n]
美 ['m?r?,θɑn]
- n. 馬拉松賽跑；耐力的考驗
- adj. 馬拉松式的；有耐力的
- vi. 參加馬拉松賽跑
助記提示
1. 音譯“馬拉松”。
公元前490年，一場激烈的戰役在位于雅典東北40公里處的村鎮——馬拉松（Marathon）打響。最終，雅典人在米太亞得的統率下，打敗了波斯人。
這是一場決定性的戰役。通過這場戰役，雅典人擊退了波斯人的入侵，拯救了希臘，結束了第一次米堤亞戰爭。
為了盡快將勝利的消息告知國人，雅典軍隊派了一名賽跑運動員回去報信。這名運動員從戰場一口氣跑到了雅典城。當他到達目的地，剛宣布完勝利的喜訊后，就一頭栽倒在地，力竭而死。
為了紀念這位勇敢的士兵，人們于19世紀末設立了一個距離為42.195公里的長跑比賽項目并將其命名為“馬拉松”。
時至今天，馬拉松賽跑已成為奧運會的收官項目。
中文詞源
marathon 馬拉松來自古希臘地名Marathon,字面意思為茴香，即長滿茴香的土地。來自公元前490年，在Battle of Marathon戰役中，希臘聯軍打敗了波斯軍隊，戰士Pheidippides從Marathon一路不停奔跑將這一喜迅傳達給雅典，最后力竭而死。其路程約為42.195公里，后為紀念他，在1896年首次在雅典舉行的奧林匹克運動會上設置了這一比賽項目，即marathon race.
英文詞源
- marathon
- marathon: [19] According to tradition, when the Greek army defeated the Persians at Marathon, on the northeast coast of Attica, in 490 BC, the runner Pheidippides was dispatched to bring the good news to Athens (in fact there is no contemporary evidence for the story, which is not recorded until 700 years after the event). When the modern Olympic Games were first held, in Athens in 1896, a long-distance race was introduced to commemorate the ancient feat, run over a course supposedly equal in distance to that from Marathon to Athens (about 35 km/22 miles).
The present distance (42.195 km/26 miles 385 yards) was established at the 1908 London Olympics (the odd yards were added to bring the finishing line in front of the royal box).
- marathon (n.)
- 1896, marathon race, from story of Greek hero Pheidippides, who in 490 B.C.E. ran the 26 miles and 385 yards to Athens from the Plains of Marathon to tell of the allied Greek victory there over Persian army. The original story (Herodotus) is that he ran from Athens to Sparta to seek aid, which arrived too late to participate in the battle. Introduced as an athletic event in the 1896 revival of the Olympic Games, based on a later, less likely story, and quickly extended to mean "any very long event or activity." The place name is literally "fennel-field." Related: Marathoner (by 1912).
雙語例句
- 1. Rodgers can also claim four victories in the New York Marathon.
- 羅杰斯也能在紐約馬拉松比賽中4次奪冠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Another Cup marathon between the two sides is now a distinct possibility.
- 雙方很可能再進行一場馬拉松式的優勝杯比賽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon and died shortly afterwards.
- 一名39歲的馬拉松參賽者跑到一半時癱倒在地，沒過多久就死了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. People make marathon journeys to buy glass here.
- 人們千里迢迢趕到這里購買玻璃。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. to run a marathon
- 參加馬拉松賽跑
來自《權威詞典》