体育词汇—冬奥项目俯式冰撬skeleton

　　对于都灵冬奥会，各项冰上运动可让体育爱好者大饱眼福，skeleton¹（俯式冰撬）项目是冬奥会热门看点之一。

　　请看冬奥会官方网站上的介绍： Considered the world's first sliding sport, skeleton was started in the Swiss town of St. Moritz in the late 1800s. The first competition was held in 1884.It wasn't until 1887 that riders began competing in the prone² position used today. The sport received its name in 1892, when a new sled made mostly of metal was introduced. People thought it looked like a skeleton.

　　俯式冰撬最早流传于北欧。它是以雪橇为工具，借助起滑的惯性，从山坡沿专门构筑的冰道快速滑降的一种运动项目。比赛中，运动员采用俯卧姿势，头部在前，以皮靴防滑钉控制运动方向。冰橇运动的开始过程与雪橇运动相同。句中说，因为运动员的装束与状态像一架骷髅，此项体育竞赛于1892年正式命名为skeleton。

1 skeleton   

n.骨骼，框架，骨干，梗概，提要

参考例句：

• A long illness made a skeleton out of him.长期的卧病使他骨瘦如柴。
• Her notes gave us just the bare skeleton of her theory.她的笔记只给我们提供了她的理论的梗概。

2 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。