n.

1. 賽跑；比賽，競賽[C][（+against/between/with）]
   He ran a race with me.

   他同我賽跑。

2. 賽馬大會[the P]
3. （江，海的）急流；水道[C]
4. （日，月的）運行；（人生的）歷程[C]

vi.

1. 比速度；參加競賽；參加賽馬
   Some twenty bikes will race for the prize.

   約有二十輛腳踏車參加賽車爭奪獎品。

2. 疾走；全速行進
   She raced to the phone.

   她飛快地跑向電話。

3. （機器因負荷減少而）猛轉

vt.

1. 和……競賽
2. 使急走，使全速行進；使（發動機）猛轉[O]
   The taxi-driver raced me to the airport.

   計程車司機駕車將我飛速送到機場。

3. 使（馬等）參加比賽

n.

1. 人種；種族；民族[C][U]
   The British are a sea-going race.

   英國人是個航海的民族。

2. （動植物的）屬，種，類[C]
3. 血統，宗族，門第[U]
   He was a man of noble race.

   他是個出身高貴的男士。

n.

1. a competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is fastest over a set course.
   ▸ (the races) a series of races for horses or dogs, held at a fixed time in a particular place.
   ▸a situation in which people compete to be first to achieve something.
2. a strong or rapid current flowing through a narrow channel.
3. a water channel, especially one in a mill or mine.
4. a smooth ring-shaped groove or guide for a ball bearing or roller bearing.
5. a fenced passageway in a stockyard through which animals pass singly for branding, loading, etc.
6. (in weaving) the channel along which the shuttle moves.
7. archaic the course of the sun or moon through the heavens.

v.

1. compete in a race.
   ▸compete regularly in races as a sport.
   ▸have a race with.
   ▸prepare and enter (an animal or vehicle) for races.
2. move or progress swiftly.
   ▸operate at excessive speed.

n.

1. each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics.
   ▸racial origin or distinction.
   ▸an ethnic group.
   ▸a group descended from a common ancestor.
2. a group of people or things with a common feature.
3. Biology  a distinct population within a species; a subspecies.

n.