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bobsled
noun
USuk /ˈbɒb.sled/ us /ˈbɑːb.sled/(UKbobsleigh, uk /ˈbɒb.sleɪ/ us /ˈbɑːb.sleɪ/)
[ C ]
a small vehicle with long metal blades under it, built for racing down tracks covered with ice: 大雪橇
Occasionally the bobsleds crash and turn over.
He rode in a bobsled for the first time yesterday.
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[ U ](alsobobsledding)
a sport in which you race down a track covered in ice in a small vehicle with long metal blades under it:
The most popular spectator sport in the winter Olympics was bobsled.
As a luge athlete, she thought bobsled was relatively easy - until she tried it.
Bobsleds are now built to have the best possible aerodynamics with lightweight construction and alloy runners.
The United States won the four-man bobsled.
On the bobsled tracks, carving hundredths of a second from a team's runs can make the difference between a gold medal and also-ran status.
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Synonym
bob
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