polo
英 ['pəʊləʊ]
美 ['polo]
- n. 马球；水球
- n. (Polo)人名；(法、俄、西、意、芬、阿尔巴)波洛
助记提示
1. Polo一词在英文中是马球（马球，史称“击鞠”、“击球”等，骑在马背上用长柄球槌拍击木球的运动。蒙古族民间马上游戏和运动项目，流行于内蒙古等地。相传唐初由波斯（今伊朗）传入，称“波罗球”，后传入蒙古，相沿至今。）的意思。
2. 音译“波罗球”。
中文词源
polo 马球来自英式印度语polo,马球，一种印度游戏，通常认为该词最终来自藏语pulu,球。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. He has lived and breathed polo since he was seven.
- 他从7岁开始就一直热衷于马球。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. You can wear a polo neck with that jacket.
- 你可以穿件高圆翻领衫配那件外衣。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache.
- 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Prince Charles is a keen polo player.
- 查尔斯王子是个喜欢打马球的人.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. We watched a wonderful polo match.
- 我们看了一场精彩的马球比赛.
来自《简明英汉词典》