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    A decathlon is a track-and-field contest in which one athlete does ten different events — running, jumping, throwing — and adds up the points. It is not a team game and not a ten-day festival, even though the name has “ten” in it. The modern Olympic decathlon was coined for the 1912 Games, copying the older (five events). The usual women’s all-round contest is the (seven events), though women have also contested a decathlon. People call a strong all-rounder a “decathlete.” It is not a marathon; a marathon is one long race.

core核心畫面

組成From dec- (“ten”) + -athlon, coined for the 1912 Summer Olympics in analogy to pentathlon.

同家族的字

  • pentathlonfive events; same -athlon, “contest”
  • triathlonthree events; same -athlon
  • athletefrom the same Greek athlon, “contest”
  • decadesame dec- / déka, “ten”

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

decathlonnoun/diːˈkæθlɒn/

  • 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.
    • For now, Gray and her peers are able to compete for Olympic berths only in the seven-event heptathlon, while the decathlon is restricted to men.
  • 2

    A contest in science and math proving skill.

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