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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

decathlon

/dih-kath-lon/US // dɪˈkæθ lɒn //UK // (dɪˈkæθlɒn) //

十项全能,十项全能运动,十项全能的,十项全能的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an athletic contest comprising ten different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.

Examples

  • "I did ask Ashton Eaton to come out," the driver of USA-1 said of the 2012 Olympic decathlon gold medalist, who declined.

  • Dylan Bright died too young to compete in the Decathlon of Flourishing.

  • One example among several: his time in the decathlon 1,500-meter run—4 minutes 40.1 seconds—was not beaten until the 1972 Games.

  • There were five events in the Pentathlon and ten in the Decathlon.

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