boat race
noun
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- a race between rowing crews划船比赛。
1.1
- (the Boat Race) the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge. First rowed at Henley in 1829, it has been held over its present course, from Putney to Mortlake (6.8 km, 4.25 miles), since 1845.牛津剑桥划船比赛(牛津与剑桥大学之间一年一度的划船比赛, 首次于1829年在恒利城河段举行, 自1845年至今一直在普特尼到摩特雷克的河道上举行, 行程 6.8 公里, 即 4.25 英里)。
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- Brit. rhyming slang a person's face〈英, 同韵俚语〉脸, 脸蛋。