champion
champion 英 [ˈtʃæmpiən] 美 ['tʃæmpɪən]
n. 冠军；拥护者 vt. 支持；拥护
进行时:championing 过去式:championed 过去分词:championed 第三人称单数:champions 名词复数:champions
- A champion is a winner, or someone who's really good at something. If you are a champion chess player, you are a superstar! When crowds sing Queen's "We Are the Champions" at football games, they are celebrating the fact that their team won.
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- n. 冠军；拥护者
- vt. 支持；拥护
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1. the world basketball champions
世界篮球冠军
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2. a champion boxer, a champion swimmer
获得冠军的拳击手／游泳运动员
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3. the reigning champion
本届冠军
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4. She was a champion of the poor all her life.
她终身都是穷苦人的卫士。
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5. He has always championed the cause of gay rights.
他一直在为争取同性恋者的权利而斗争。
- champion (n.) early 13c., "doughty fighting man, valorous combatant," also (c. 1300) "one who fights on behalf of another or others, one who undertakes to defend a cause," from Old French champion "combatant, champion in single combat" (12c.), from Late Latin campionem (nominative campio) "gladiator, fighter, combatant in the field," from Latin campus "field (of combat);" see campus.
- champion (v.) "to fight for, defend, protect, maintain or support by contest," 1820 (Scott) in a literal sense, from champion (n.). Figurative use, "maintain the cause of, advocate for" is by 1830. Earlier it meant "to challenge" (c. 1600). Related: Championed; championing.
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