four-peat 復習
Aoyama Gakuin wins fourth straight ekiden
Aoyama Gakuin University came from behind to win the annual Tokyo-Hakone collegiate men’s two-day ekiden road relay for the fourth straight year on Wednesday.
中略
Hakone race debutant and third-year student Hayashi took over the tasuki sash, which replaces the baton in the ekiden, from downhill specialist Onoda and set a 1:02:16 stage record over his 21.3-km leg to widen the gap over the chasers.
“Onoda gave us a comfortable lead and that allowed me to race my own race. I’m simply happy. A four-peat is a confidence boost. The seniors worked hard for this to happen and I’d like to repay them by completing a five-peat (next year),” Hayashi said.
以下省略
“four-peat”を取り上げます。『ウィズダム英和辞典』を引いたところ、“three-peat”で「(主要スポーツ選手権での)三連覇」とありました。また、Merriam-Websterでは“a third consecutive championship”と定義されています。今回の記事では“four-peat”で「四連覇」という意味になります。後ろにくっついている“peat”は“repeat”が省略されたものだそうです。“three”の語尾と“peat”の頭がくっついて省略されているのだと思われます。“four”の場合はこの例にあてはまりませんが、“three-peat”にならって数字の表現の後に“-peat”とつけて「〜連覇」と表現するようになったのだと思います。(Blue Sky)
