tournament
/ˈtʊənəmənt/noun
1
- (in a sport or game) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize比赛, 锦标赛, 联赛。
2
- (in the Middle Ages) a sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize（中世纪的）骑士马上比武大会。
2.1
- a modern event involving display of military techniques and exercises阅兵式：
the Royal Tournament.
皇家阅兵式。
词源
Middle English (in sense 2)： from Anglo-Norman French variants of Old French torneiement, from torneier 'take part in a tourney' （see TOURNEY）.