rodeo
rodeo — noun
- rodeosingular
- rodeosplural
1. A North American public event that mixes sport with entertainment, where cowboys
A North American public event that mixes sport with entertainment, where cowboys compete in ranching-based skills: riding bucking horses, wrestling steers, and roping calves.
Shanti took her children to the rodeo in Cheyenne last summer.
Omar watched a cowboy get thrown from a bull at the rodeo.
passive pattern: get + past participle
The Pendleton rodeo fills its grandstands with visitors cheering through the bull-riding finals every July.
Yumi had never seen calf roping before she went to a rodeo in Texas.
Cole won first prize for bronco riding at the local rodeo.
常見錯誤
rodeo — verb
- rodeopresent simple I / you / we / they
- rodeos3rd person singular
- rodeoing-ing form
- rodeoedpast simple
1. To compete in rodeo events as a rider, roper, or steer wrestler.
To compete in rodeo events as a rider, roper, or steer wrestler.
Gabriel rodeos every summer on the Montana circuit.
intransitive: rodeo + [time] + [location]
Ada has been rodeoing in barrel-racing events across Wyoming since she was sixteen.
Greta plans to rodeo at the Prescott Rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days, and the Pendleton Round-Up this season.
Esteban rodeoed professionally on the Texas circuit for nearly ten years before a shoulder injury forced him to retire.
Sade hopes to rodeo at the Calgary Stampede next year.
文法句型
rodeo + [adverb]
rodeo + [prepositional phrase of location]
用法筆記
This verb form is informal and used mainly in North American English. It is far less common than the noun 'rodeo'.