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olympiad 音標拼音: [ol'ɪmpi ,æd] n. [奧運的] 四年期 [奧運的] 四年期 Olympiad n 1: one of the four- year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC 2: the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country [ synonym: { Olympic Games}, { Olympics}, { Olympiad}] Olympiad \ O* lym" pi* ad\ ([- o]* l[ i^] m" p[ i^]*[ a^] d), n. [ L. olympias, - adis, Gr. ' olympia` s, ' olympia` dos, fr. ' O` lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] 1. ( Greek Antiq.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor[ oe] bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b. c.; as, the era of the olympiads. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad ( 1906). See { Olympics}. Syn: Olympic games, Olympics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] Olympian
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