arena
arena 英 [əˈri:nə] 美 [əˈrinə]
n. 舞台；竞技场
名词复数:arenas
- If you're watching a college basketball game in person, chances are you're in an arena — a building specially designed for sporting events and large-scale rock concerts.
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- n. 舞台；竞技场
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1. a concert at Wembley Arena
在文布利运动场举行的音乐会
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2. the political arena, the international arena
政治╱国际舞台
- arena (n.) 1620s, "place of combat," from Latin harena "place of combat, enclosed space in the middle of Roman amphitheaters," originally "sand, sandy place" (source also of Spanish arena, Italian rena, French arène "sand"), a word of uncertain origin, perhaps from Etruscan. The central stages of Roman amphitheaters were strewn with sand to soak up the blood. Figuratively, "scene of contest of any kind" is by 1814.
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