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decathlon

noun
🔊/dɪˈkæθlən/
🔊/dɪˈkæθlən/
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  1. a sporting event in which people compete in ten different sports十项全能运动 compare biathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, tetrathlon, triathlon
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from deca- ‘ten’ + Greek athlon ‘contest’.