Sport



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GRE 红宝书

• v.炫耀, 卖弄
• ［英］ v.炫耀, 卖弄 ( to display or wear ostentatiously)
• ［例］ sport a roll of money ( 炫耀一叠钞票)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, to divert, disport, short for disporten
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to amuse oneself ; frolic <lambs sporting in the meadow>
    • b. to engage in a sport
  • 2.
    • a. to mock or ridicule something
    • b. to speak or act in jest ; trifle
  • 3. \［sport (II)\］ to deviate or vary abruptly from type (as by bud variation) ; mutate
• transitive verb
  • 1. to display or wear usually ostentatiously ; boast <sporting expensive new shoes>
  • 2. \［sport (II)\］ to put forth as a sport or bud variation

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a source of diversion ; recreation
  • b. sexual play
  • c.
    • (1) physical activity engaged in for pleasure
    • (2) a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in
• 2.
  • a. pleasantry, jest
  • b. often mean-spirited jesting ; mockery, derision
• 3.
  • a. something tossed or driven about in or as if in play
  • b. laughingstock
• 4.
  • a. sportsman
  • b. a person considered with respect to living up to the ideals of sportsmanship <a good sport><a poor sport>
  • c. a companionable person
• 5. an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limits of individual variation usually as a result of mutation especially of somatic tissue
• Synonyms: see fun

III. adjective or sports

• Date: 1582
• of, relating to, or suitable for sports; especially styled in a manner suitable for casual or informal wear <sport coats>

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