英语词汇steeplechase的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

steeplechase. According to one tradition, steeplechase origi- nated with a race from church steeple to church steeple in Irish horse country. Another tale credits a group of British riders re- turning home from a foxhunt with inventing the sport and the word—these foxless riders decided to run a race in a direct line, regardless of obstacles, to the steeple of the village church, the winner the rider “who first touched the stones of the steeple with his whip.” In any case, the original horseback races called steeplechase races had a church steeple in view as the goal, the riders having to clear all intervening obstacles. The word is first recorded in the British Sporting Magazine, in 1805.

词汇	steeplechase
词源	steeplechase. According to one tradition, steeplechase origi- nated with a race from church steeple to church steeple in Irish horse country. Another tale credits a group of British riders re- turning home from a foxhunt with inventing the sport and the word—these foxless riders decided to run a race in a direct line, regardless of obstacles, to the steeple of the village church, the winner the rider “who first touched the stones of the steeple with his whip.” In any case, the original horseback races called steeplechase races had a church steeple in view as the goal, the riders having to clear all intervening obstacles. The word is first recorded in the British Sporting Magazine, in 1805.
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