A slalom is a race down a winding path. The path is marked with flags or poles, and you must go around them in order, left then right, without missing a gate.

A slalom is a race down a winding pathslalom是一種沿著蜿蜒路線進行的競賽。The path is marked with flags or poles路線上會用旗子或桿子標示, and you must go around them in order你必須依序繞過它們, left then right先左後右, without missing a gate不能錯過任何一個關門。

People do this on skis — that is the picture most learners meet first — but there is also slalom in a canoe or kayak, through gates hanging over moving water. The course is not a straight line; the whole point is the bends.

People do this on skis人們會滑雪做這件事——that is the picture most learners meet first這是大多數學習者最先接觸到的畫面——but there is also slalom in a canoe or kayak但獨木舟或輕艇也有slalom, through gates hanging over moving water要穿過懸掛在流動水面上方的關門。The course is not a straight line賽道不是一直線; the whole point is the bends重點就在於那些彎道。

Though actually, people also stretch the word: a driver who weaves through cones might say they are slaloming, and a skier making lots of quick turns may say they slalom even when it is not a real race. As a verb it means to move that way: to slalom down the hill.

Though actually不過其實, people also stretch the word人們也會延伸使用這個字: a driver who weaves through cones might say they are slaloming在錐筒之間穿梭的駕駛可能會說自己在slaloming, and a skier making lots of quick turns而快速連續轉彎的滑雪者 may say they slalom也可能說自己在slalom, even when it is not a real race即使那不是真正的比賽。As a verb it means to move that way當動詞用時，它指的就是這樣移動: to slalom down the hillto slalom down the hill沿著山坡蜿蜒滑下。

It is a sports word. You hear it most around winter sports, boat racing, and the Olympics.

It is a sports word這是一個運動用語。You hear it most around winter sports, boat racing, and the Olympics你最常在冬季運動、划船比賽和奧運裡聽到這個字。