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[奧運的] 四年期
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\, n.
The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as,
the first Olympiad (1906).
Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*[a^]d), n. [L.
olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'O`lympos
Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] (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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Olympiad
n 1: one of the 4-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 [syn: {Olympic Games}, {Olympics}]