cham‧pi‧on 1 W3 / tʃæmpiən / 名词 [可数名词]

1 someone or something that has won a competition, especially in sport :

the world heavyweight boxing champion

the Olympic champion

reigning/defending champion (= the champion at the present time )

2 champion of something/somebody someone who publicly fights for and defends an aim or principle, such as the rights of a group of people :

a champion of women’s rights

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + champion

an Olympic champion She’s a top international athlete and an Olympic champion.

the world champion At 22, he was the youngest world champion in the history of the game.

the defending/reigning champion (= the present one ) Cheah defeated the defending champion in the National Grand Prix.

a former champion The former champion suffered a bad defeat.

a junior champion The cycling team includes British junior champion, Andrew Wright.

a national champion At 16, Gallois is France’s youngest national champion.

a boxing/tennis/golf etc champion The show will be opened by the former world boxing champion, Chris Eubank.

a heavyweight/middleweight/featherweight etc champion (= one in a particular class of boxers, organized according to their weight ) Graham’s reign as middleweight champion ended last night.

the 100/200 etc metres champion (= one in a running race ) She’s the world 3,000 metres champion.

动词

become champion Every sportsperson dreams of becoming a world champion.

be crowned champion (= become champion ) In 2007, the Springboks were crowned the rugby champions of the world.

champion + NOUN

a champion swimmer/boxer/cyclist etc Lester Piggott is a former champion jockey.