| 单词 | gymkhana |
| 例句 | Joan had been a champion horse-jumper at the annual college gymkhana, and I wondered if she had been sleeping in a stable. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Horse-lovers will be well catered for, with a Victorian gymkhana and the chance to visit the stable and see the grooms preparing the equine participants in the May Day parade. Maldon Mud Race, Ely Eel Day: new events this week 2013-05-04T05:00:21Z These gymkhana events serve a dual purpose: They're exciting, but they also teach you the doughnuts and slides you need to succeed in other races. Game On: 'Dirt 3' hits pay dirt; 'Pirates' rates 'aargh' for 'rental' 2011-05-25T16:13:05Z Pastrana is a racing legend, having bounced among race disciplines including motocross, rally racing and, more recently, gymkhana, which features an obstacle course of sorts and plenty of drifting, spinning and technical work. Travis Pastrana’s next trick might be his toughest yet: The Daytona 500 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The National Drone Racing Championships, on the other hand, with its grassland setting and slalom-style gates, looks like a gymkhana for BB8. Drone racing: the new sport that could go sky high 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Rodeo is not particularly prominent within the Smith family, but Jacob’s aunt, Kristen, is involved in rodeo through gymkhana. Student takes on professional and collegiate bull riding 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z These days, when the sun dips over the Arabian Sea, the gymkhanas are lighted up like carnivals as the prosperous families of this commercial city throw ever more lavish wedding receptions. In Mumbai, club weddings call for grand receptions 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z This evening is gymkhana night, a sort of whacky races on horseback. School ponies help boost pupils' life skills - BBC News 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z It was an innocent world akin to that created by Enid Blyton in which days were always sunny and filled with gymkhanas, cream teas and hunt balls. World athlete who began her career at 77 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z I noted that she took a helicopter to visit two gymkhanas in one day. Cut royal travel budget says peer 2013-11-08T17:17:45Z As her book details, she came from a privileged background of boarding school and gymkhanas, and were she a more obvious product of those trappings, she could easily come across as removed or self-centred. Clare Balding: 'It's unfashionable to be as shamelessly enthusiastic as I am' 2012-12-08T20:00:00Z On a recent, cloudless evening, almost every gymkhana appeared to be hosting a wedding with a different motif, judging from the elaborately constructed entrances along the road. In Mumbai, club weddings call for grand receptions 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z According to Yule the first use of it that can be traced was, on the authority of Major John Trotter, at Rurki in the year 1861, when a gymkhana was instituted there. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z A gymkhana is the last resort of a colony shut off from the metropolitan forms of amusement, and yet it can be made the source of much hilarious fun. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Twelve months before Charles Hanbury had been playing polo and riding gymkhana races in Upper India, but extravagance beyond his means had brought swift ruin in its train. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z There was also a Sports programme in active rehearsal for a projected gymkhana meeting in the near future. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Having earned a reputation as a public raconteur, he impressed the commentator David Coleman while speaking at a gymkhana attended by Coleman's daughter. Alex Hay obituary 2011-07-17T16:47:30Z Jumping lessons and gymkhana competitions on borrowed horses came later. Experience Necessary: Inspired by John Wayne, He Polices on Horseback 2010-05-27T01:02:00Z I dare say if we have to stay here very long we shall hold a gymkhana, a kind of athletic meeting on a large scale, and then Tommy is in his element. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War The gymkhana was in full swing with racing and feasting, and storytellers and conjurers, jugglers and marabouts. Black Man's Burden Many adjourn to the gymkhana club before returning home. Burma Peeps at Many Lands Fancy dress balls, gymkhanas, carnivals and such like, and—what was more satisfactory to the company—money rolling in all the time. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon The gymkhana represents the "compulsory games" of a public school. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Even in lonely up-country stations which contain only a few white residents, gymkhanas are often got up by officers who train and ride their own horses and ponies. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. The British for the time being desisted from troubling us, and our stock and horses being in excellent condition, we arranged to hold a sort of gymkhana on Christmas Day. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War There are a few points—clubs and gymkhanas specially established to that end—where Englishmen, and even women, meet Indian men, and even women, of the wealthier classes, on a basis of social equality. The New World of Islam Besides organized competitive games, there was usually a yacht, good bathing, always a gymkhana, and numerous expeditions and "hikes." A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Dine with him, and the talk will turn on golf or racing, on shooting, fishing, and the gymkhana. Appearances Being Notes of Travel This was not the stolid-going campaign mount, but his best Irish hunter, on which he had won prizes in many a gymkhana. The Lure of the Mask Then suppose on anniversary day we had a grand gymkhana, and charged a shilling admission. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story It was to be a baiga, or gymkhana, and early in the morning small parties of horsemen were seen gathering to the great plain where the wild sport was to take place. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Hurdles, water jumps, and a long tent pavilion had changed the centre of the glade into a racecourse, where subalterns, undaunted by a blazing sun, were practising ponies for forthcoming gymkhanas. The Great Amulet We saw little of Kitchener at the club or anywhere else where Englishmen mostly congregated, although he sometimes turned up at the gymkhana meetings to contribute his share to their success. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers One or two successful mule gymkhanas were got up, and we also tried our hand at baseball, cricket, and paper chases, both mounted and on foot. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 "I believe we're going to get the £100 just by collecting, and that the gymkhana will be extra," said Bessie Manners exultingly. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Some of those barriers were quite tricky affairs to drive through in a big ambulance, and reminded me of a gymkhana! Fanny Goes to War We flatter ourselves that our gymkhana, in which races ridden on pack and transport mules furnished the liveliest incidents, would take a lot of beating—asPg 162 a humorous entertainment at any rate. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith He drank strong waters and his speech was coarse; He purchased raiment and forbore to pay; He stuck a trusting junior with a horse, And won gymkhanas in a doubtful way. Songs from Books But it is as sports officer that he will be best remembered—training the football or running teams, coaching the tug-of-war, organising cricket or baseball, or arranging mule gymkhanas or swimming matches. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 It was decided that the gymkhana should begin at three o'clock, and be held in the large cricket field, admission being either by ticket or gate money. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story She responded to all his suggestions with flattering promptness until preparations were set on foot to hold a huge gymkhana, in which everybody on board should take part. The Honorable Percival We will have a fancy-dress ball for one thing, and a picnic or two, and some races and gymkhanas. The Keeper of the Door The afternoon was taken up by a sort of gymkhana, when a happy holiday crowd assembled to see the tilting at the ring, the lemon-cutting, and the tug-of-war. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time The constant succession of gaieties, the balls, theatricals, concerts, races, gymkhanas, that filled every afternoon and evening of the Darjeeling Season, took up all her time. The Jungle Girl "We got a hundred and nine pounds by collecting, and the gymkhana has made forty-four." The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story If the girl had taken part in gymkhanas at the London Clubs she must be socially all right, he thought. The Elephant God Howard had arranged all sorts of gymkhana sports, for which prizes were to be given. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Despite the prevailing glumness, however, the populace turned out to patronise a gymkhana entertainment at the Light Horse camp. The Siege of Kimberley She had two excellent ponies with which to hunt and to join in gymkhanas. The Jungle Girl They went to their sport; to their polo, their racing, their gymkhanas, with light hearts and in perfect security. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories The girl was quite excited about the gymkhana, and plied him with innumerable questions as to what she would have to do. The Elephant God The brutes hold gymkhanas on the verandah every, night. The Lamp in the Desert The English national love of sport has lately introduced into Tehran the popular gymkhana, an institution which hails from India, where it is English enterprise under an Indian name. Persia Revisited The fascinations of dance and gymkhana had not caught her. The Way of an Eagle Bertie had already conducted one ice gymkhana with marked success, and he was now contemplating a masquerade on the ornamental sheet of water that stretched before the house. The Knave of Diamonds So, when the gymkhana ended and Noreen and her chaperone said good-bye, he felt that he had advanced a good deal in the girl's favour. The Elephant God Tommy, though regretful, consoled himself by the ready means of the station's gaieties, played tennis with zest, inaugurated a gymkhana, and danced practically every night into the early morning. The Lamp in the Desert On a plateau one afternoon I saw them in a gymkhana. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Life at Gulmarg is extremely apt to degenerate into the "trivial round" of the golf links varied by polo, or polo varied by golf, with occasional gymkhanas and picnics. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Officers in khaki came and talked to them about golf and gymkhanas. It Happened in Egypt The gymkhana opened with men's competitions, the first event in which ladies were to take part, the Tilting and Tent-pegging, not occurring until nearly half-way down the programme. The Elephant God Periodically a gymkhana is got up, with donkey races, gymnastic competitions, and the distribution of prizes. Turkish Prisoners in Egypt A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross There were bicycle gymkhanas, and on the 30th Mrs. Herriton would be holding the annual bazaar in her garden for the C.M.S. Where Angels Fear to Tread He felt as if, in spite of him, his photographs were turning into a picture gallery, and his bicycle into a gymkhana. Manalive Most of the others I gave away at the gymkhana—really. The Pool in the Desert |
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