n.

1. 赛跑；比赛，竞赛[C][（+against/between/with）]
   He ran a race with me.

   他同我赛跑。

2. 赛马大会[the P]
3. （江、海的）急流；水道[C]
4. （日、月的）运行；（人生的）历程[C]

vi.

1. 比速度；参加竞赛；参加赛马
   Some twenty bikes will race for the prize.

   约有二十辆自行车将参加赛车争夺奖品。

2. 疾走；全速行进
   She raced to the phone.

   她飞快地跑向电话。

3. （机器因负荷减少而）猛转

vt.

1. 和……竞赛
2. 使急走，使全速行进；使（发动机）猛转[O]
   The taxi-driver raced me to the airport.

   出租车司机驾车将我飞速送到机场。

3. 使（马等）参加比赛

n.

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

   英国人是个航海民族。

2. （动植物的）属，种，类[C]
3. 血统，宗族，门第[U]
   He was a man of noble race.

   他是个出身高贵的男士。

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.