大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 caber


释义：

caber n. （苏格兰等地的人测试臂力的）投棒；（用于气力比赛的）松木棒; 卡瑞利;
卡百利

例句：



Besides regular sporting events such as long jump and sprinting and shotput, you will also find more unique games such as 'tossing the caber' or 'throwing the weight'.

除了常规的体育活动，比如跳远、疾跑和推铅球，你将会发现更多的独特的游戏，比如“投棒”、或“投重物”。



As far as I'm concerned, a caber toss would definitely put the Tartan Day Parade on the map.


For those unfamiliar with the object, the caber is a heavy pole, or log, about the length and girth of a telephone pole.


It's used in the game of caber toss, the winner the contestant who not only throws it farthest, but most gracefully, having it land upright.


Ms. Hellman and Mr. Bain almost forgot to mention the caber.


Andrew Rettie, secretary of the Scottish Games Association, the body which decides the length of the tree trunk used in tossing the caber, says that the average Highland games attracts a mere 3, 000-4, 000 people.