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单词 photo finish
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Definition of photo finish in English:

photo finish

noun
  • A close finish of a race in which the winner is identifiable only from a photograph taken as the competitors cross the line.

    (比赛者到达终点时十分接近,只能借助撞线时拍摄的照片来判断胜者的)摄影定比赛名次

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, after close scrutiny of the photo finish, the race was awarded to the American.
    • I knew I had made a mistake but was hoping against hope as I waited for the official photo finish.
    • A sprint to the line ended in a photo finish between Great Britain, Germany and Cuba.
    • But the pack closed in and in a photo finish Smirk, priced at 12-1, beat fast-finishing Atlantic Ace by a head.
    • They won the games in a photo finish, pulling ahead of the previous year's winners with a gutsy last-ditch surge.
    • It was really good fun and to come down to a photo finish is amazing.
    • One of the highlights of the weekend for Flynn came in the 3,000m race, where a spectacular photo finish between Maria McCambridge and Karen Reid thrilled the sizeable crowd.
    • USA attacked back and in a photo finish Austria crossed the line a mere eleven hundredth of a second ahead of the Americans.
    • In the end, the photo finish revealed a dead-heat between big Thomas and his teammate Estil.
    • A photo finish at the line gave Russia the upper hand followed by Poland and Germany's number three crew.
    • Following the photo finish, there was an anxious wait before the scoreboard flashed up confirmation of Britain's dramatic win.
    • His best season was 1959, when he beat Johnny Beauchamp at Daytona in a photo finish; the winner wasn't decided for three days.
    • Stephen Byrne was the only rider who got close to Dolan over the line and indeed a photo finish was needed to separate the two.
    • Why they'll finish second: They just don't have enough strength in the trenches to overtake the Eagles, although no one would be surprised if the two-horse race ended in a photo finish.
    • Diatribe, winner of the Caulfield Cup last week, was second in a photo finish with Referral, a nose back in third.
    • It was the tightest photo finish I have ever seen.
    • Day four of racing had opened with a photo finish and as only four spots were available to move onto the final, results were critical.
    • In my last stint, we got six seconds ahead, but then we slowed for a photo finish with the sister car.
    • One race demanded a photo finish, though the dismounting event's organizer Myles just said, ‘He got it,’ when asked what happened.
    • We had a four-way photo finish in the third race, which is very unusual.

Definition of photo finish in US English:

photo finish

nounˈˌfōdō ˈfiniSHˈˌfoʊdoʊ ˈfɪnɪʃ
  • A close finish of a race in which the winner is identifiable only from a photograph taken as the competitors cross the finish line.

    (比赛者到达终点时十分接近,只能借助撞线时拍摄的照片来判断胜者的)摄影定比赛名次

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In my last stint, we got six seconds ahead, but then we slowed for a photo finish with the sister car.
    • However, after close scrutiny of the photo finish, the race was awarded to the American.
    • One of the highlights of the weekend for Flynn came in the 3,000m race, where a spectacular photo finish between Maria McCambridge and Karen Reid thrilled the sizeable crowd.
    • Following the photo finish, there was an anxious wait before the scoreboard flashed up confirmation of Britain's dramatic win.
    • A sprint to the line ended in a photo finish between Great Britain, Germany and Cuba.
    • Day four of racing had opened with a photo finish and as only four spots were available to move onto the final, results were critical.
    • I knew I had made a mistake but was hoping against hope as I waited for the official photo finish.
    • Diatribe, winner of the Caulfield Cup last week, was second in a photo finish with Referral, a nose back in third.
    • We had a four-way photo finish in the third race, which is very unusual.
    • A photo finish at the line gave Russia the upper hand followed by Poland and Germany's number three crew.
    • It was the tightest photo finish I have ever seen.
    • But the pack closed in and in a photo finish Smirk, priced at 12-1, beat fast-finishing Atlantic Ace by a head.
    • Stephen Byrne was the only rider who got close to Dolan over the line and indeed a photo finish was needed to separate the two.
    • They won the games in a photo finish, pulling ahead of the previous year's winners with a gutsy last-ditch surge.
    • In the end, the photo finish revealed a dead-heat between big Thomas and his teammate Estil.
    • His best season was 1959, when he beat Johnny Beauchamp at Daytona in a photo finish; the winner wasn't decided for three days.
    • It was really good fun and to come down to a photo finish is amazing.
    • One race demanded a photo finish, though the dismounting event's organizer Myles just said, ‘He got it,’ when asked what happened.
    • Why they'll finish second: They just don't have enough strength in the trenches to overtake the Eagles, although no one would be surprised if the two-horse race ended in a photo finish.
    • USA attacked back and in a photo finish Austria crossed the line a mere eleven hundredth of a second ahead of the Americans.
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