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biathlon

noun
🔊/baɪˈæθlən/
🔊/baɪˈæθlən/
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  1. a sporting event that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting 现代冬季两项（越野滑雪和步枪射击）compare decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, tetrathlon, triathlon
    Word Origin1950s: from bi- ‘two’ + Greek athlon ‘contest’, on the pattern of pentathlon.