单词 | cup-holder |
释义 | > as lemmascup-holder a. In sense 2b, as cup final, cup-holder, cup-taker, cup-transaction, cup-winner, etc. ΚΠ 1879 W. Black White Wings xvii The master of one of the Cup takers [a yacht]. 1894 Daily News 26 Feb. 5/1 Those mighty cup-fighters, the Blackburn Rovers. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 7/3 A typical ‘cup-fighting’ team. 1905 Daily Chron. 25 Dec. 3/4 Old Internationals and Cup-final players. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 14 Mar. 14/2 The cup-holders were defeated in their first match. 1968 Listener 23 May 681/3 There is something wrong with a game when one of its outstanding young exponents, the new Cup-winners' goalkeeper with Under-23 honours, says about it a few weeks before the Cup Final: ‘The worst time of the week for me is between three o'clock and twenty to five every Saturday afternoon.’ < as lemmas |
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