nascar

nascar — noun

1. the US body that governs professional stock car racing, a motorsport where stand

1.名詞B1
釋義

the US body that governs professional stock car racing, a motorsport where standard road vehicles get rebuilt for high-speed competition on oval tracks

例句

Yan's father subscribes to NASCAR's official streaming channel to watch every race.

collocation: NASCAR race / NASCAR team

NASCAR official Christopher announced new safety rules at the Daytona Beach inspection center before the season started.

subject is the organization itself, implying regulatory authority

用法筆記

NASCAR is a proper noun and is always capitalized. It can be used attributively before nouns such as 'race', 'driver', 'team', or 'event' to describe things related to the organization or the sport it governs.

常見錯誤

❌I watch NASCAR race every week.
✅I watch a NASCAR race every week.' or 'I watch NASCAR every week.
💡when used attributively with a countable noun, an article is needed; 'NASCAR' alone can refer to the sport itself.
❌Nascar is popular in the southern US.
✅NASCAR is popular in the southern US.
💡the name is conventionally written in all capital letters.