marathon
英 ['mærəθ(ə)n]
美 ['mærə,θɑn]
- n. マラソン; 持久力のテスト
- adj.マラソン; 耐える
- vi. マラソンで走る
語源
マラソン古代ギリシャの地名マラトン（Marathon）は、文字通りアニスの実、アニスの実の土地を意味する。紀元前490年、ギリシャの同盟軍がペルシャ軍を破ったマラトンの戦いで、戦士フェイディピデスがマラトンからアテネまで喜びを伝えるために走り続け、ついに力尽きて死んだことに由来する。その距離は約42.195kmで、彼を偲んで1896年にアテネで初めて開催されたオリンピックにマラソン競技が設けられた。
英語の語源
- marathon
- marathon: [19] According to tradition, when the Greek army defeated the Persians at Marathon, on the northeast coast of Attica, in 490 BC, the runner Pheidippides was dispatched to bring the good news to Athens (in fact there is no contemporary evidence for the story, which is not recorded until 700 years after the event). When the modern Olympic Games were first held, in Athens in 1896, a long-distance race was introduced to commemorate the ancient feat, run over a course supposedly equal in distance to that from Marathon to Athens (about 35 km/22 miles).
The present distance (42.195 km/26 miles 385 yards) was established at the 1908 London Olympics (the odd yards were added to bring the finishing line in front of the royal box).
- marathon (n.)
- 1896, marathon race, from story of Greek hero Pheidippides, who in 490 B.C.E. ran the 26 miles and 385 yards to Athens from the Plains of Marathon to tell of the allied Greek victory there over Persian army. The original story (Herodotus) is that he ran from Athens to Sparta to seek aid, which arrived too late to participate in the battle. Introduced as an athletic event in the 1896 revival of the Olympic Games, based on a later, less likely story, and quickly extended to mean "any very long event or activity." The place name is literally "fennel-field." Related: Marathoner (by 1912).
例文
- 1. Rodgers can also claim four victories in the New York Marathon .
- ロジャーズもニューヨークマラソンで4回優勝することができます。
- 2.Another Cup marathon between the two sides is now a distinct possibility.
- 双方がマラソン式の優勝カップレースをもう1試合行う可能性が高い。
- 3.A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon and died shortly afterwards.
- 39歳のマラソン参加者が半分走った時に地面に倒れ、間もなく死んだ。
- 4.People make marathon journeys to buy glass here.
- 人々ははるばるここにガラスを買いに来た。
- 5.to run a marathon