Warwickshire are the current holders of the cricket championship.
沃里克郡队是板球的现任冠军。
3.[uncountableU + of] writtenSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN the act of championing something or someone 〔对某事或某人的〕捍卫,维护
nCOLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + championship
the world championship
29 nations competed in the world championship.
the national championship
the Canadian National Championship
the British/European etc championship
The team failed to qualify for the European Championship.
an international championship
It was the final game of the international championship.
a golf/swimming/tennis championship
the Women's Golf Championship
the League championship (=for a particular group of teams or players)
the Football League Championship
verbs
win/take the championship
He won three national championships at Oklahoma.
lose the championship
We lost the championship on the last day.
hold the championship
The championships are being held next Sunday at the San Jose Arena.
a championship takes place
The world indoor athletics championships took place in Canada.
NOUN + championship
a championship game/match
He was playing in his first championship game of the season.
a championship race
She was well ahead in the championship race.
a championship series (=a number of competitions)
the American League Championship series
the championship finals
His team lost in the European Championship Finals.
a championship title (=the position of being the champion in a sports competition)
He's trying to hold onto his world championship title.
Examples from the Corpus
championship• Georgetown was the victim of an inspiredunderdog when the Hoyas met Big Eastrival Villanova in the 1985 championship.• It is a championship for high-performancemass-produced cars which are sold in the United States.• Last year they won the nationalcollegebasketballchampionship.• The Raiders have been on the decline since their last SuperBowlchampionship, 13 years ago.• The sixth game of the World ChessChampionship will be broadcasttonight on Channel 6.• Manchester United are determined that if they win their first championship for 25 years the celebrations will be in front of their own supporters.• At 17, he was the youngest player to win the Men's TennisChampionship.• I haven't led the championship this year so I haven't had to think about defending a lead.• They both say the championships are a good idea.• Can she win the championship again this year?• The championships have the full backing of Durham CountyCricketClub.• Gutierrez said he has a plan he hopes will carry him through to his first world championship.• The InternationalSquashRacketsFederation will introducerandomdrug testing at next year's world championships.