sport: [14] Sport is short for disport [14]. This came from Anglo-Norman desporter ‘carry away’, hence ‘divert’, a compound verb formed from the prefix des- ‘apart’ and porter ‘carry’. The noun originally meant ‘amusement, recreation’, and it was not used in its main modern sense ‘athletic contests’ until the mid 19th century. => disport, port, portable
sport (v.)
c. 1400, "to take pleasure, to amuse oneself," from Old French desporter, deporter "to divert, amuse, please, play" (see disport). Restricted sense of "amuse oneself by active exercise in open air or taking part in some game" is from late 15c. Meaning "to wear" is from 1778. Related: Sported; sporting.
sport (n.)
early 15c., "pleasant pastime," shortening of disport "activity that offers amusement or relaxation; entertainment, fun" (c. 1300), also "a pastime or game; flirtation; pleasure taken in such activity" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French disport, Old French desport, deport "pleasure, enjoyment, delight; solace, consolation; favor, privilege," related to desporter, deporter "to divert, amuse, please, play" (see sport (v.)).
Original sense preserved in phrases such as in sport "in jest" (mid-15c.). Meaning "game involving physical exercise" first recorded 1520s. Sense of "stylish man" is from 1861, American English, probably because they lived by gambling and betting on races. Meaning "good fellow" is attested from 1881 (as in be a sport, 1913). Sport as a familiar form of address to a man is from 1935, Australian English. The sport of kings was originally (1660s) war-making. Other, lost senses of Middle English disport were "consolation, solace; a source of comfort."
雙語例句
1. Email your views to sport@times.co.u.
k將您的看法以電子郵件形式發送至sport@times.co.uk。
來自柯林斯例句
2. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
我們活著是為了什麽？不就是給鄰居當笑柄，再反過來笑他們。
來自《傲慢與偏見》
3. They call rowing the perfect sport. It exercises every major muscle group.
他們稱劃船是最佳運動，它可以鍛煉每一處主要肌肉群。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She's not as mad about sport as I am.
她不像我對體育那麽癡迷。
來自柯林斯例句
5. I don't think it has fundamentally altered the sport.