1. 1n/ˈpəʊləʊ/馬球

    A game played by two teams who ride horses and use long wooden sticks to hit a ball.

    polo 是一種「騎在馬上打球」的運動:兩隊人各自騎馬,用很長的木棍把球打進對方球門。可以想成把曲棍球搬到馬背上——重點是「人在馬上」,所以 polo 跟一般球類最大的不同就是少了馬就玩不成。另外 water polo(水球)是在水裡玩的版本,名字借用了同一個字。

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo watched a polo match for the first time and was amazed by how fast the horses ran.

    中文翻譯里歐第一次看馬球比賽,對馬跑得多快感到驚訝。

    常見搭配

    • a polo match

      一場馬球比賽

      a game of polo

      They went to watch a polo match on Sunday.

    • play polo

      打馬球

      to take part in the sport of polo

      You need a good horse to play polo.

    • a polo player

      馬球選手

      someone who plays polo

      The polo player guided his horse with one hand.

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Balti polo 'ball'.

借自巴爾蒂語 polo「球」。

Wiktionary

You can picture two teams on charging up and down a long grass field, each rider swinging a long wooden mallet to knock a small ball toward the other side's goal.

可以想成一片長長的草地上,兩隊人各自騎在馬背上來回奔馳,手裡握著長長的木槌,一邊縱馬一邊揮桿把小球打向對方球門——這就是「馬球」這項運動的核心畫面。

polos

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。

Polointj詞源 1

  • 1

    Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.

Poloname詞源 2

  • 1

    A surname from Italian or Spanish

polonoun詞源 1/ˈpoʊloʊ/

  • 1

    A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.

    • There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding.
  • 2

    The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.

  • 3

    A polo shirt.

    • Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.

poloverb詞源 1/ˈpoʊloʊ/

  • 1

    To play the game of polo.

polonoun詞源 2/ˈpoʊloʊ/

  • 1

    A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

polonoun詞源 3/ˈpoʊloʊ/

  • 1

    A dress shirt.

poloverb詞源 4/ˈpoʊloʊ/

  • 1

    To give the cry of "polo!" in the marco polo game.

polonoun詞源 5/ˈpoʊloʊ/

  • 1

    Synonym of pilaf.

    • The importance of Nowruz is reflected in an elaborate sabzi polo, the herbed rice capped with a crunchy tahdig, the crust formed from lettuce, rice mixed with yogurt or lavash or another thin flatbread. On Wednesday night, I opted for sheveed polo, a simpler and quicker dill rice, but I can’t wait to nail that crunchy tahdig tonight.

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