| 单词 | cricket day |
| 释义 | > as lemmascricket day cricket day n. (a) a day on which cricket is played, esp. a dry, clear day which is perfect for cricket; (b) (in plural) the days in which one plays or is able to play cricket; (hence) the period of one's youth or active life. ΚΠ 1782 O. Humphrey in J. Goulstone Cricket Etymol. (1998) I trouble you with this to beg to know for certain from you when the great cricket day and Ball will be at Sevenoaks. 1830 Children as they Are 136 The poor wood-pigeons' cricket-days are over, and I know not when any others of their species will be taught such an extraordinary accomplishment. 1831 H. J. C. Blake Reminisc. Eton 49 That day was a glorious one: it was one of the Almighty's most beautiful of the creation—it was a cricket day; one in which that noble game is enjoyed to perfection. 1870 H. Jackson Dangerous Guest xi. 39/2 I have no time for that sort of thing now. My cricket days are over. 1969 Times 12 June 12/1 It was a perfect pale blue and green cricket day at Lord's yesterday. 1991 D. Brailsford Sport, Time, & Society 161 When his health failed,..he saw the coming end of his cricket days. < as lemmas |
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