世界名牌博览：彪马

PUMA¹（彪马）是德国运动品牌，提出全新品牌口号Forever Faster，设计提供专业运动装备，产品涉及跑步、足球、高尔夫乃至赛车领域。

Puma is a German manufacturer of sports shoes, and lifestyle and other sportswear. It was founded in 1924 by brothers Rudolf and Adolf Dassler. They became famous at the 1936 Olympic Games in Munich. Adolf persuaded U.S. sprinter² Jesse Owens to wear the athletics³ spikes⁴ he designed. Owens won four gold medals and the Dasslers’ shoes became famous among the world's sportsmen. Many top athletes have preferred Puma shoes, from footballers Pele and Maradona to the sprinter Usain Bolt and most Formula One drivers. Puma employs around 9,500 staff and generates around $3 billion in annual revenues. Its products are sold in nearly one hundred countries. Its website says: “Puma has the long-term mission of becoming the most desirable and sustainable sports lifestyle company.”

 

1 puma   

美洲豹

参考例句：

• The police and the volunteers combed the forest for the lost puma from the zoo.警察和志愿者们在森林里到处寻找动物园迷失的美洲狮。
• A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。

2 sprinter   

n.短跑运动员，短距离全速奔跑者

参考例句：

• He is more a sprinter than a swimmer. 他是短跑健将，而不是游泳选手。 来自辞典例句
• The sprinter himself thinks he can run the race at 9.4 seconds. 这位短跑运动员自认为可以用9.4秒跑完比赛。 来自互联网

3 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

4 spikes   

n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
• There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》