各类遥中的德比大战到底指什么？　　英超赛场近日上演曼彻斯特德比大战，结果曼城主场1比0战胜曼联，取得德比四连胜。
体育遥的报道中，我们经常会看到“德比”这个词，它到底什么来历，又是指什么呢？
　　　　In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two teams from the same town, city or region, particularly in association football.
　　在很多遥，本地德比（local derby）或者德比（derby）都指来自同一个小镇、城市或地区的两支队伍之间的体育遥，尤多见于足球联赛。
　　A soccer game between two rival teams is also sometimes referred to as a "derby.
" A derby is the soccer equivalent of the sort of game that is called a "crosstown rivalry" in North American sports.
　　两支相互竞争的球队之间的足球遥有时也叫做德比。
足球遥中的德比相当于北美体育遥中的“同城竞技”。
　　The phrase most likely originated from The Derby, a horse race in England, founded by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780, since at least as early as 1840 'derby' has been used as a noun in English to denote any kind of sporting contest.
　　德比这个说法很有可能来源于1780年第12世德比伯爵在英格兰开创的遥活动The Derby。
早在1840年时，德比一词就在英语里用作名词来指代任何一种体育遥。