亚洲网紅露点

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cross-country

[ adjective kraws-kuhn-tree, kros-; noun kraws-kuhn-tree, -kuhn-, kros- ]

adjective

  1. directed or proceeding over fields, through woods, etc., rather than on a road or path:

    a cross-country race.

  2. from one end of the country to the other:

    a cross-country flight.



noun

plural cross-countries.
  1. a cross-country sport or race.

cross-country

adjective

  1. by way of fields, woods, etc, as opposed to roads

    cross-country running

  2. across a country

    a cross-country railway

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a long race held over open ground
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cross-country1

First recorded in 1760鈥70
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On the top of Helsby Hill, members of the Helsby Running Club are limbering up for a cross-country run with a view of the whole constituency spread below.

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Running is Yee's strongest discipline and he has competed for Great Britain on the track and in cross-country, while his 5km best of 13:26 is the third-fastest ever by a British man.

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He traveled cross-country and upended his entire young life for this last chance.

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Growing up, I wasn't very sporty and I remember coming last in a cross-country race when I was 14.

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Great Britain's Evie Richards has become the most successful female short track cross-country rider ever with victory in Brazil.

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