bonspiel
noun [ C ] uk/ˈbɒn.spiːl/ us/ˈbɑːn.spiːl/
掷冰壶比赛
a competition in the sport of curling (= a game played on ice in which special flat, round stones are slid towards a mark)
The bonspiel was called off because the lake's covering of ice was melting fast. 由于覆盖在湖面上的冰正在快速融化，所以取消了冰壶比赛。
The big-league bonspiels were in Winnipeg and Minneapolis. 大联盟的冰壶比赛在温尼伯和明尼阿波利斯两地举行。
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- I organized bonspiels for the school kids to be played on outdoor sheets of ice with jam pails full of frozen sand for rocks.
- In my short curling career, I've competed in several bonspiels (tournaments) and become a certified instructor.
- We were always having bonspiels and everybody won something.
- Although I had never met him I knew he had played in several bonspiels in the club.