racetrack (ˈreɪsˌtræk
)
Definitions
noun
- a circuit or course, esp an oval one, used for motor racing, speedway, etc
- Also called
racecourse mainly US Canadian a long broad track, usually of grass, enclosed between rails, and with starting and finishing points marked upon it, over which horses are raced
Translations
- British English:
racetrack
A racetrack is a piece of ground that is used for races between runners, horses, dogs, cars, or motorcycles....a greyhound racetrack.ˈreɪsˌtræk NOUN ...a greyhound racetrack.
- Spanish:
pista de carreras
nf
- French:
piste
nf
- German:
Rennbahn
nf
- Chinese: 跑道 n
- Arabic: حَلْبَةُ السَّبَاق n
- Portuguese: pista de corridas nf
- Russian: беговая дорожка nm
- Croatian: trkalište nnt
- Czech: závodní dráha nf
- Danish: racerbane nutr
- Dutch: renbaan n
- Finnish: kilparata n
- Greek: πίστα αγώνων nf
- Italian: pista nf
- Japanese: レーストラック n
- Korean: 경주장 n
- Norwegian: racerbane nm
- Polish: tor wyścigowy nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: pista de corridas nf
- European Spanish:
pista de carreras
nf
- Swedish: kapplöpningsbana nutr
- Thai: ลู่ที่ใช้แข่งขันความเร็ว n
- Turkish: yarış pisti n
- Vietnamese: đường đua n
Usage examples
He wasn't the type who'd sit around and look at everybody else over your shoulder, winking and waving like a bookie at a racetrack.
, INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)This will descend south and join up with a system already in the north-west of the racetrack and create hurricane force winds.
Yachting Boating World (2004)A defiant David Willmot yesterday defended his position as both horse owner and chief executive of Canada's biggest racetrack.
Toronto Sun (2003)They fear that the Roof of England route will just become a racetrack , feeding yet more motorists into the overcrowded Lake District.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)We'd be eating table to table and then on a Thursday afternoon we'd be on the same racetrack.
, Ayrton Senna - the hard edge of genius (1990)