race
race 英 [reɪs] 美 [reɪs]
n. 比赛，竞赛；种族 v. 比赛；急速运转
进行时:racing 过去式:raced 过去分词:raced 第三人称单数:races 名词复数:races
- Race means to speed or move quickly. A race is a contest to see who is moving the quickest. Race can also mean genetic grouping––if you are reading this, chances are you're a member of the "human race."
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- n. 比赛，竞赛；种族
- v. 比赛；急速运转
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1. a race between the two best runners of the club
俱乐部中两名最佳选手的赛跑
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2. a boat race, a horse race, a road race
划船比赛、赛马、公路赛等
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3. a five-kilometre race
五公里赛跑
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4. the race for the presidency
总统竞选
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5. The race is on to find a cure for the disease.
人们开始争相寻找这种疾病的疗法。
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6. to go to the races
去参加赛马会
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7. people of mixed race
混合种族的人
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8. a race of cattle
一种牛
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9. Who will he be racing against in the next round?
下一轮他和谁比赛？
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10. My mind raced as I tried to work out what was happening.
我拚命地转动脑筋，想搞清楚发生了什么事。
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11. He raced up the stairs.
他飞快地冲上楼去。
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12. to race dogs, to race horses, to race pigeons
赛狗；赛马；赛鸽
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13. to race motorbikes
赛摩托车
- race (n.1) "act of running," c. 1300, from Old Norse ras "running, rush (of water)," cognate with Old English ræs "a running, a rush, a leap, jump; a storming, an attack;" or else a survival of the Old English word with spelling influenced by the Old Norse one. The Norse and Old English words are from Proto-Germanic *res- (source also of Middle Dutch rasen "to rave, rage," German rasen, Old English raesettan "to rage" (of fire)), from a variant form of PIE *ers- (1) "be in motion" (see err). Originally a northern word, it became general in English c. 1550. Meaning "act of running" is from early 14c. Meaning "contest of speed" first recorded 1510s.
- race (n.2) "people of common descent," a word from the 16th century, from Middle French race, earlier razza "race, breed, lineage, family" (16c.), possibly from Italian razza, of unknown origin (cognate with Spanish and Portuguese raza). Etymologists say no connection with Latin radix "root," though they admit this might have influenced the "tribe, nation" sense.
- race (n.3) "strong current of water," c. 1300, originally any forward movement or swift running, but especially of water, from Old Norse ras "a rushing" (see race (n.1)). Via Norman French the word entered French as ras, which might have given English race its specialized meaning of "channel of a stream" (especially an artificial one to a mill), which is recorded in English from 1560s.
- race (v.) c. 1200, rasen "to rush," from a Scandinavian source akin to the source of race (n.1), reinforced by the noun in English and by Old English cognate ræsan "to rush headlong, hasten, enter rashly." Meaning "run swiftly" is from 1757. Meaning "run in competition against" is from 1809. Transitive sense of "cause to run" is from 1860. In reference to an engine, etc., "run with uncontrolled speed," from 1862. Related: Raced; racing.
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