footrace

footrace — noun

1. a competition in which people run a set distance, with the fastest runner being

1.名詞A2
釋義

a competition in which people run a set distance, with the fastest runner being the winner

例句

The town's annual footrace along the riverfront attracts runners of all ages.

collocation: annual footrace

Jisoo trained for three months before her first five-kilometre footrace.

collocation: five-kilometre footrace

同義詞
  • running race

    more general and more common in everyday speech

  • run

    informal; often used for charity or fun events rather than formal competitions

  • sprint

    a short, very fast footrace over a limited distance

文法句型

a [adjective] footrace

[number]-kilometre footrace

常見錯誤

❌I won the foot race' (writing it as two separate words).
✅I won the footrace.
💡The compound noun is written as a single word in standard dictionaries.