记忆方法
1、stadium 的老家是希腊语的赛跑场地，奥林匹亚那条赛道约 185 米，后来干脆拿赛道长度当里程单位。从"跑道"变成"周围一圈看台的体育场"，顺理成章。
2、CN 把 st- 一支挂到 *sta-"站"（同 stand、distance），给个"固定的长度标准"的理解角度。场地一族：playground 操场游乐场，court 带围墙的专用球场，gym（gymnasium 的简写）室内体育馆，stadium 露天带看台大场子。
3、拼读 STEI-di-əm 三拍重音在头，/ˈsteɪ.di.əm/，中间别念成"斯大"。a football stadium 足球场。
2、CN 把 st- 一支挂到 *sta-"站"（同 stand、distance），给个"固定的长度标准"的理解角度。场地一族：playground 操场游乐场，court 带围墙的专用球场，gym（gymnasium 的简写）室内体育馆，stadium 露天带看台大场子。
3、拼读 STEI-di-əm 三拍重音在头，/ˈsteɪ.di.əm/，中间别念成"斯大"。a football stadium 足球场。
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词族 · stadium
词形变化
中文词源
stadium 体育场，运动场
来自拉丁语 stadium,长度测量单位，跑步道，赛道，来自古希腊语 stadion,长度测量单位， 跑步道，赛道，尤指奥林区克短跑赛道，来自 stadios,固定的，来自 PIE*sta,站，站立，词源 同 stand,distance.在古希腊时期，one stadium 约为八分之一英里，185 米。后引申词义体育场， 运动场。
英语词源
- stadium
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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’.
=> spasm - 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.
权威例句
- 1. A thousand supporters packed into the stadium to cheer them on.
- 1,000名支持者挤进体育馆里为他们加油。
- 2. Thousands of people, mainly Zulus, assembled in a stadium in Thokoza.
- 数以千计的人，主要是祖鲁族人，聚集在托考查的一个体育场里。
- 3. The city fathers have just given final approval to a new stadium.
- 市政官员刚刚决定同意建立一座新体育馆。
- 4. The stadium has been fitted with seating for over eighty thousand spectators.
- 这个体育场配备了8万多个观众座席。
- 5. The stadium will be as near as dammit empty.
- 体育场里将几乎空无一人。
词语辨析
【playground, stadium, court, gymnasium】
这组词都有“运动场，操场”的意思，其区别是：
playground: 一般指附属于学校或公园内的活动场地，也可指游乐场或儿童游戏场地。
stadium: 指周围有看台的露天大型运动场。
court: 通常指周围有围墙的专用球场。
gymnasium: 可简写为gym，指不受天气影响的室内体育馆、健身房或运动场馆。
这组词都有“运动场，操场”的意思，其区别是：
playground: 一般指附属于学校或公园内的活动场地，也可指游乐场或儿童游戏场地。
stadium: 指周围有看台的露天大型运动场。
court: 通常指周围有围墙的专用球场。
gymnasium: 可简写为gym，指不受天气影响的室内体育馆、健身房或运动场馆。