luge: difference between revisions

TheSense drinking-utensil2.2 sense(“drinking isutensil”) so-calledis from its resemblance to the [[track]]stracks on which luges race.

* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/luːʒluː(d)ʒ/|a=RP}}

* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-luge.wav|Audioa=Southern (RP)England}}

* {{rhymesIPA|en|uːʒ/luʒ/|sa=1GA}}

{{en-noun|~}} {{term-label|en|also|attributively}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} A [[racing]] [[sled#Noun|sled]] for [[one#Numeral|one]] or [[two#Numeral|two]] [[person#Noun|people]] that is [[ride#Verb|ridden]] with the [[rider]] or riders [[lie#Verb|lying]] on their [[back#Noun|back]].

##* {{quote-book|en|author=Ronald S. Beitman|title=Liquor Liability: A Primer for Winning Your Case|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|publisher=w:American Law Institute; {{w|American Bar Association}} Committee on Continuing Professional Education|year=1999|page=20|isbn=978-0-8318-0792-4|passage=The '''luge''' was a block of ice, sometimes up to three-and-one-half feet long, which had narrow grooves etched into it. Alcohol was poured onto one end of the '''luge''' and as the alcohol traveled down the narrow grooves in the block of ice, it was cooled and then ran directly into the mouth of the waiting drinker on the other end.}}

{{trans-top|A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back}}

* BulgarianArabic: {{t|bgar|спортнаزحافات шейна|fثلجية}}

* PersianOccitan: {{t+|faoc|لوژlièja|tr=luž|sc=fa-Arabf}}

{{trans-top|The sport of racing on luges}}

*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|無舵雪橇|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|无舵雪橇|tr=wúduò xuěqiāo|sc=Hani}}

* HungarianGreek: {{t+|huel|szánkó}}, {{t+|hu|szánkózásλουτζ}}

* PolishLatvian: {{t+|pllv|saneczkarstwokamaniņu braukšana}}

{{en-verb|pres_ptc2=lugeing}} {{term-label|en|intransitive}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[travelride#Verb|ride]] bya [[luge#Noun|luge]]; also, to [[rideparticipate]] ain the [[sport#Noun|sport]] of luge.

#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Jennifer Schuessler|title=Inside the List|newspaper=w:The New York Times|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101332/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/books/review/InsideList-t.html|archivedate=26 January 2021|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:The New York Times Company|date=5 July 2009|issn=0362-4331|oclc=971436363|passage=[[w:Norman Ollestad|[Norman] Ollestad]] was only 11 when a small plane carrying him, his father and his father's girlfriend to a ski race slammed into the San Gabriel Mountains west of Los Angeles during a blizzard. {{...}} After the girlfriend '''luged''' to her death halfway down the icy slope, Ollestad had to pick his way down alone, following the trail of her blood.}}

{{trans-top|to ride a luge; to participate in the sport of luge}}

* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-luge.wav|Audio}}

# {{lb|fr|countable}} {{l|en|[[sledge}}]], {{l|en|[[sled}}]] {{qualifier|course sur luge|hockey sur luge}}

* {{l|fr|luger}}

* {{l|fr|lugeur}}

* {{l|fr|lugeuse}}

* {{l|fr|luge de course}}

* {{l|fr|course sur luge}}

* {{l|fr|hockey sur luge
}}

# {{inflection of|fr|luger||1//3|s|pres|indcind//sub|;|2|s|impr}}

* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{head|la-|verb- form|head=lūgē}}

From {{borubor|pt|en|luge}}, from {{der|pt|fr-CH|-}}.

{{pt-noun|m|luges}}

# {{lb|pt|uncountable}} [[#English{{l|en|luge]]}} {{gloss|sport}}

# {{lb|pt|countable}} [[#English{{l|en|luge]]}} {{gloss|sled used in the sport}}

From {{bor+|es|en|luge}}, from {{der|es|fr-CH|-}}.

# [[#English{{l|en|luge]]}} (sport)