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A tournament — a competition where many players or teams keep playing rounds until one is left.
A tournamentA tournament（錦標賽） a competition where many players or teams keep playing rounds until one is left一種比賽，很多選手或隊伍不斷打下去，直到剩下一個為止
The word has led two lives. The old one is medieval: a tourney was the event where knights on fought each other with lances for sport, and you meet that meaning in history books, fantasy novels and films. The new one is modern and casual: in American sports talk and especially in online gaming, tourney is simply the short, friendly of tournament — "we're running a tourney on Saturday", "who's in the tourney?".
The word has led two lives這個字過了兩種不同的生活 The old one is medieval舊的那種是中世紀的 a tourney was the event where knights on horseback fought each other with lances for sporttourney是騎士騎在馬上、用長矛互相比武的活動 and you meet that meaning in history books, fantasy novels and films這個意思你會在歷史書、奇幻小說和電影裡遇到 The new one is modern and casual新的那種是現代、輕鬆的 in American sports talk and especially in online gaming在美式體育用語，尤其是線上遊戲裡 tourney is simply the short, friendly clipping of tournamenttourney就只是tournament親切的簡稱 "we're running a tourney on Saturday""we're running a tourney on Saturday"（我們星期六要辦一場比賽） "who's in the tourney?""who's in the tourney?"（誰要參加這場比賽？）
Between those two, there is not much middle ground. A serious sports report would write tournament; a friend inviting you to a weekend chess or Overwatch event might well write tourney.
Between those two這兩種之間 there is not much middle ground沒有太多中間地帶 A serious sports report would write tournament正式的體育報導會寫tournament a friend inviting you to a weekend chess or Overwatch event might well write tourney朋友邀你去週末的西洋棋或Overwatch活動，則很可能會寫tourney
There is also a rare old verb, to tourney, meaning to take part in one, but you will only find it in old writing.
There is also a rare old verb, to tourney也有一個少見的舊動詞to tourney meaning to take part in one意思是參加比武 but you will only find it in old writing但你只會在古老的文獻裡看到它
組成From Anglo-Norman turnei, from Old French tornei, from tornoier 'to joust, to tilt' — built on the idea of turning, because the horses wheeled around to charge again. Tournament comes from the very same French root, which is why the modern short form lands back on the older word.
同家族的字
- tournamentthe longer word from the same Old French tornei root
- tourniquetalso from French tourner, 'to turn'
- turnthe underlying idea in the French root tourner
原始詞典資料2 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。
tourneynoun/ˈtɝni/
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A tournament.
- By a knight of ghostes & shadowes, I sumon’d am to Tourney. ten leagues beyond the wide worlds end
- And let the recreant traitors seek My tourney court.
tourneyverb/ˈtɝni/
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archaicTo take part in a tournament.
- Here indeed, perhaps, by rule of antagonisms, may be the place to mention that, after King Richard’s return, there was a liberty of tourneying given to the fighting men of England […]
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。