核心畫面
Think of a runner who has already been on the road for hours: about 26 miles, a fixed distance that nobody for you. What makes it a marathon is not speed but length — you finish it by keeping going long after the excitement has worn off. Everything else the word does grows out of that picture of an endurance distance.
可以想成一個已經在路上跑了好幾個小時的人：四十二公里,距離是固定的,沒有人會幫你縮短。marathon 之所以是 m…更多收起
可以想成一個已經在路上跑了好幾個小時的人：四十二公里,距離是固定的,沒有人會幫你縮短。marathon 之所以是 marathon,重點不在跑得多快,而在「長」——你要在興奮感早就消失之後,還繼續往前。這個字其他的用法,都是從這個「靠耐力撐完的長度」長出來的。原始詞典資料15 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Marathonname/ˈmæɹəθən/
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A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
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Marathonnoun/ˈmæɹəθən/
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Former name of Snickers (“chocolate bar brand”).
marathonnoun/ˈmæɹəθən/
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A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
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Any extended or sustained activity.
- He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.
- I learned from the marathon that to finish a race you simply keep running.
marathonverb/ˈmæɹəθən/
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To run a marathon.
- In less than two years, they and their family and friends have skydived, marathoned, tray-baked and dinner-danced their way to £130,000 for Duchenne research through their help4harry campaign.
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informalTo watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.
- We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。