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pentathlon

/pen-tath-luhn, -lon/US // pɛnˈtæθ lən, -lɒn //UK // (pɛnˈtæθlən) //

五项全能,五项全能运动,五项运动,五项全能的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
    • : modern pentathlon.

Examples

  • Her sister, Irina Press, won Olympic gold in the 80-meter hurdles in 1960 and the pentathlon in 1964.

  • Modern pentathlon, which involves fencing, horse riding, swimming, running, and shooting, was expected to be dumped.

  • To get yourself into the right mindset for a long trip with your children, it requires a carefully meted out pentathlon of events.

  • The Pentathlon was a contest of five gymnastic exercises combined.

  • And he who is beautiful for the Pentathlon is very bad for wrestling?

  • It formed a part of the pentathlon, or quintuple games, in the ancient Olympic Games.

  • A pentathlon meet was held at Empire for the purpose of developing all-around athletes.

  • He had the three games out of five and was winner of the pentathlon.