polo
英 ['pəʊləʊ]
美 ['polo]
- n. 馬球；水球
- n. (Polo)人名；(法、俄、西、意、芬、阿爾巴)波洛
助記提示
1. Polo一詞在英文中是馬球（馬球，史稱“擊鞠”、“擊球”等，騎在馬背上用長柄球槌拍擊木球的運動。蒙古族民間馬上遊戲和運動項目，流行於內蒙古等地。相傳唐初由波斯（今伊朗）傳入，稱“波羅球”，後傳入蒙古，相沿至今。）的意思。
2. 音譯“波羅球”。
中文詞源
polo 馬球來自英式印度語polo,馬球，一種印度遊戲，通常認為該詞最終來自藏語pulu,球。
英文詞源
- polo
- polo: [19] In Balti, a Tibetan language of northern Kashmir, polo means ‘ball’. English travellers in Kashmir in the 1840s observed a game being played on horseback which involved trying to knock a wooden polo into a goal using a longhandled mallet. The English sahibs lost no time in taking the game up themselves, and by 1871 it was being played back home in England, under the name ‘polo’.
- polo (n.)
- 1872, Anglo-Indian polo, from Balti (Tibetan language of the Indus valley) polo "ball," related to Tibetan pulu "ball." An ancient game in south Asia, first played in England at Aldershot, 1871. Water polo is from 1876 (in early versions players sometimes paddled about on barrels or in canoes). Polo shirt (1892) originally was a kind worn by polo players.
雙語例句
- 1. He has lived and breathed polo since he was seven.
- 他從7歲開始就一直熱衷於馬球。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You can wear a polo neck with that jacket.
- 你可以穿件高圓翻領衫配那件外衣。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache.
- 馬可波羅遊記中提到忽必烈曾派使節到馬爾加什.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Prince Charles is a keen polo player.
- 查爾斯王子是個喜歡打馬球的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. We watched a wonderful polo match.
- 我們看了一場精彩的馬球比賽.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》