| 单词 |
eventing |
| 释义 |
eˈventing Equestrianism.
[f. event n. (as in three-day event s.v. three a. and n. III. 2) + -ing1: see also event v.3]
The act or practice of competing in horse trials (one-, two-, or three-day events).
1965Riding May 179/1 Miss Anneli Drummond-Hay and Merely-a-Monarch made a triumphant return to their original sport of ‘eventing’. 1972Observer (Colour Suppl.) 3 Dec. 85/1 We have not found a less clumsy name than ‘eventing’ for that thrilling exercise in all-round horsemanship, the heart of which is a cross-country gallop. 1975Daily Tel. 10 June 6/6, I suppose our sort of horse at the top of the market is sought for ‘eventing’. 1982Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 154/1 Sloane children belong to the Pony Club, and they go on to eventing. 1985Financial Times 24 July 13/3 Working class families where grand-dad would have sneered at a pink coat follow show jumping and eventing as grand-dad once followed Tranmere Rovers.
Also eˈventer, a horse or rider that takes part in horse trials.
1974G. M. Phillips Horses in our Blood 274 A horse..likely to make an ‘eventer’..needs to be a brilliant all-round athlete. 1982Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 19/2 He's jolly good-looking and he's a top eventer. 1986Riding May 12/3 Escapism..has proved himself as an eventer as well as a sire. |
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