| 单词 | aerial ping-pong |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaerial ping-pong aerial ping-pong n. colloquial (a) Australian the game of Australian National Football; (b) depreciative a game of rugby or football in which the ball is continually kicked into the air, rather than being passed. ΚΠ 1947 West Austral. (Perth) 22 Apr. 5/3 In 1941 he..joined a unit which fostered rugby football. Renfrey did not..play ‘aerial ping-pong’, as the rugby exponents in the army termed the Australian game, until 1946. 1964 Footy Fan (Melbourne) II. viii. 23 Sydney folk are generally curious about this religion or mania which they term ‘aerial ping pong’ or ‘Aussie Rules’. 1992 Independent (Nexis) 1 Feb. 50 In a match which served large helpings of grinding rugby and aerial ping-pong, it was as well. 2000 P. Moore Full Montezuma (2001) xxiii. 397 As a New South Welshman untouched by the hysterical fervour induced by aerial ping-pong, it always amazes me how seriously Victorians take these kinds of kick-arounds. < as lemmas |
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