short track

English

Alternative forms

• short-track, shorttrack

Noun

short track (countable and uncountable, plural short tracks)

1. (countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short,‎ track.
   1. (iceskating) A short-track speedskating oval.
   2. (motor racing) A speedway oval of less than one mile in track circuit length.
2. (uncountable, ice skating) A subdiscipline of speed skating, where skaters race around an ice rink, the size of an ice hockey rink; typically in mass start racing, against other skaters in heats.

   Hypernym: speed skating

Synonyms

• short-track speed skating

Related terms

• long track

Translations

a subdiscipline of speed skating

• Belarusian: шорт-трэк (šórt-trek)
• Bulgarian: шорттрек (šorttrek)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短道速滑 (duǎndào sù huá)

• Dutch: shorttrack (nl)
• French: piste courte (fr) f
• German: Shorttrack (de) m
• Japanese: ショートトラック (ja) (shōtotorakku)
• Korean: 쇼트트랙 (syoteuteuraek), 짧은주로속도빙상 (jjalbeunjurosokdobingsang) (North Korea)
• Latvian: šorttreks
• Norwegian: kortbaneløp
• Russian: шорт-трек (ru) m (šort-trek)
• Slovak: šortrek
• Swedish: kortbana c
• Ukrainian: шорт-трек m (šort-trek)