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a·re·na AHD[ə-rēʹnə] D.J.[əˈriːnə]K.K.[əˈrinə]n.（名词）- A large modern building for the presentation of sports events and spectacles.场地，室内运动场：进行体育活动或公开表演的大型现代建筑
- A place or scene where forces contend or events unfold:竞争场所，活动场所：力量抗争或事件表露的场所或场景：withdrew from the political arena; the world as an arena of moral conflict.从政治舞台上退出；世界象一个道义冲突的竞争场所
- The area in the center of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and other spectacles were held.竞技场：古罗马圆形露天竞技场的中心区域，在此进行竞赛和其它公开的大型表演
- Latin harēna, arēna [sand, a sand-strewn place of combat in an amphitheater] 拉丁语 harēna, arēna [圆形剧场搏斗的沙地或铺沙地]
- [perhaps of Etruscan origin] [可能源于埃特鲁斯坎]
注释- Fans watching contact sports such as boxing, hockey, or football in modern arenas might be struck by the connection between the wordarena and the notion of gladiatorial combat. This word is from Latinharēna (also spelled arēna ), "sand.” Harēna then came to mean the part of a Roman amphitheater that was covered with sand to absorb the blood spilled by the combatants.Arena is first recorded in English during the 17th century, denoting this area of a Roman amphitheater. 在现代剧场中观看接触运动如拳击、曲棍球或足球的爱好者们可能会发现单词arena 与竞技搏斗概念的关系。 这个单词来源于拉丁语harena （也拼作 arena) ，“沙地”。 Harena 后来便意指着罗马圆形剧场的一部分， 它由沙覆盖以吸收竞技斗士溅出的鲜血。Arena 在17世纪首次记入英语，意指罗马圆形竞技场的这部分
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