英超賽場近日上演曼徹斯特德比大戰(zhàn),結(jié)果曼城主場1比0戰(zhàn)勝曼聯(lián),取得德比四連勝。體育比賽的報道中,我們經(jīng)常會看到“德比”這個詞,它到底什么來歷,又是指什么呢?
In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two teams from the same town, city or region, particularly in association football.
在很多國家,本地德比(local derby)或者德比(derby)都指來自同一個小鎮(zhèn)、城市或地區(qū)的兩支隊伍之間的體育比賽,尤多見于足球聯(lián)賽。
A soccer game between two rival teams is also sometimes referred to as a "derby." A derby is the soccer equivalent of the sort of game that is called a "crosstown rivalry" in North American sports.
兩支相互競爭的球隊之間的足球比賽有時也叫做德比。足球比賽中的德比相當于北美體育比賽中的“同城競技”。
The phrase most likely originated from The Derby, a horse race in England, founded by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780, since at least as early as 1840 'derby' has been used as a noun in English to denote any kind of sporting contest.
德比這個說法很有可能來源于1780年第12世德比伯爵在英格蘭開創(chuàng)的賽馬活動The Derby。早在1840年時,德比一詞就在英語里用作名詞來指代任何一種體育比賽。
(中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 Helen)