🇬🇧🇨🇳 decathlon - 迪卡侬 : English Lesson
noun
Meaning of "decathlon" ("迪卡侬"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
A decathlon is a big sports contest where the same athletes do ten different track-and-field events, such as races, long jumps, high jumps, and throws, and their scores from all ten events are added together to find the winner.
Watching the decathlon, I realized the only thing I could win is the “fastest to sit back down” race.
If yawning were one of the ten decathlon events, every teenager would be an Olympic champion.
In my dream decathlon, the ten events were eating pizza, eating more pizza, and eight different ways of eating dessert.
I started training for a decathlon by running to the fridge, jumping to conclusions, and throwing tantrums.
A real Olympic decathlon is spread over two days and has ten events, including sprints, hurdles, jumps, and throws—so athletes basically do ten PE classes in a row!
She ran into the decathlon stadium at dawn. The decathlon began with a sprint, then a jump, then a throw; each decathlon event burned her legs. Midway she smiled in rain, pushing through the decathlon hurdles and discus, counting ten small battles. At the final decathlon run she crossed the line, collapsed laughing, the crowd cheering.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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