| 释义 |
▪ I. skyer|ˈskaɪə(r)|
Also skier.
[f. sky v.1 + -er.]
A lofty hit at cricket.
1853Bell's Life in London 24 July 6/2 Mr Walker gave a few ‘skyers’ in scoring 20, for which number he brought out his bat. 1867Australasian 26 Jan. 107/4 Fowler hit a skyer to leg, no one in the road. 1882Daily Telegr. 12 June, Being grandly caught from a skyer behind the wickets. 1883F. M. Peard Contrad. xxi, You should have seen Henderson caught at slip from a ‘skyer’. 1893Times 12 July 11/5 The fieldsman soon had the satisfaction of seeing the batsman..taken at mid-on from a skier.
▪ II. skyer
obs. form of squire n. |