• n. 鐵餅；擲鐵餅

來自拉丁語discus, 圓盤，鐵餅，來自PIE*dik-skos, 顯示，莊嚴的通知，詞源同digit, diction. *skos, 表反身，見bask, busk.原指太陽或月亮顯示出的圓盤形狀，后指鐵餅，圓盤等。

discus (n.)

1650s, from Latin discus "discus, disk," from Greek diskos "disk, quoit, platter" (see disk (n.)).

1. He won the discus at the Montreal Olympics.

他在蒙特利爾奧運會的擲鐵餅比賽中奪了冠。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He was the first place in the discus throw.

他擲鐵餅獲得第一名.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Events like the hammer and the discus are not traditional crowd-pullers in the West.

擲鏈球和鐵餅等在西方算不上傳統的受歡迎項目。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The young track and field athlete could already hurl the discus 60 yards.

這個年輕的田徑運動員已能把鐵餅投擲60碼遠.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He gave the discus a tremendous heave.

他猛一使勁擲出鐵餅.

來自辭典例句