stadium

• n. 體育場；露天大型運動場

來自拉丁語 stadium,長度測量單位，跑步道，賽道，來自古希臘語 stadion,長度測量單位， 跑步道，賽道，尤指奧林區克短跑賽道，來自 stadios,固定的，來自 PIE*sta,站，站立，詞源 同 stand,distance.在古希臘時期，one stadium 約為八分之一英里，185 米。后引申詞義體育場， 運動場。

stadium

stadium: [16] Greek stádion denoted a ‘racetrack’, particularly the one at Olympia, which was about 185 metres long. In due course the word came to be used as a term for a measure of length equal to this, and that was the sense in which English originally acquired it, via Latin stadium. The original ‘racetrack’ was introduced in the 17th century, and ‘sports arena’ is a modern development of this. The Greek word itself was an alteration of an earlier spádion ‘racetrack’, a derivative of span ‘pull’ (source of English spasm). The change from sp- to st- was perhaps set in motion by Greek stádios ‘fixed, firm’.
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stadium (n.)

late 14c., "a foot race; an ancient measure of length," from Latin stadium "a measure of length; a course for foot-racers" (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile or a little over 600 English feet; translated in early English Bibles by furlong), from Greek stadion "a measure of length; a race-course, a running track," especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadion in length. The meaning "running track," recorded in English from c. 1600, was extended to mean in modern-day context "large, open oval structure with tiers of seats for viewing sporting events" (1834).

"Originally the distance between successive stations of the shouters and runners employed to estimate distances" [Century Dictionary]. According to Barnhart, the Greek word might literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from stadios "firm, fixed," from PIE root *sta- "to stand"), or it may be from spadion, from span "to draw up, pull," with form influenced by stadios.

1. A thousand supporters packed into the stadium to cheer them on.

1,000名支持者擠進體育館里為他們加油。

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2. Thousands of people, mainly Zulus, assembled in a stadium in Thokoza.

數以千計的人，主要是祖魯族人，聚集在托考查的一個體育場里。

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3. The city fathers have just given final approval to a new stadium.

市政官員剛剛決定同意建立一座新體育館。

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4. The stadium has been fitted with seating for over eighty thousand spectators.

這個體育場配備了8萬多個觀眾座席。

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5. The stadium will be as near as dammit empty.

體育場里將幾乎空無一人。

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