单词 | all-rounder |
释义 | all-roundern. colloquial. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > other cowlc961 rocheta1325 dud1355 paenulaa1400 jornay1495 jornet1502 glaudkin1518 paludament1543 mantoon1623 mantoplicee1672 bavaroy1713 roquelaure1716 poncho1717 manteel1733 pelerine1744 mat1773 wrap-rascal1796 benish1797 nabob1803 scarf cloak1804 ruana1814 witzchoura1823 all-rounder1837 pardessus1843 visitec1847 tilma1851 talma1852 sontag1859 Inverness cape1865 dolman1872 Niçois1873 Mother Hubbard1877 1837 Bentley's Misc. Aug. 135 He came punctually to appointment, but I could not prevail on him to put off his large Spanish cloak, what they call technically ‘an all-rounder’. b. A stiff upright collar which completely encircles the neck. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > collar > types of > other rabat1578 falling band1581 rebato1589 fall1598 piccadill1607 golilla1673 collarettea1685 banda1700 turn-over1716 Vandyke1755 falling-down collar1758 falling collar1770 fall-down?1796 yoke collar1817 rabatine1821 dicky1830 dog collar1852 Piccadilly collar1853 all-rounder1854 all round1855 turnover collara1861 Quaker collar1869 Eton collar1875 Toby collar1885 Eton1887 sailor collar1895 roll-neck1898 Shakespeare collar1907 polo collar1909 white-collar1910 tab collar1928 Peter Pan collar1948 tie-neck1968 1854 Punch 26 51/2 (caption) Fatal effects of wearing an ‘all rounder’ shirt collar. 1854 Kidd's Own Jrnl. 5 360/1 These and ‘all-rounders’ (a sharp cutting shirt collar, that would inevitably cut a man's head off if he tripped,—see Punch for an illustration of the fact)..complete the equipment of the City clerks and West End ‘gents’. 1857 J. E. Ritchie Night Side of London 146 One or two awful young swells with excruciating all-rounders were present. 1866 E. Lynn Linton Lizzie Lorton II. ix. 245 ‘O, indeed!’ said Corrie, settling his lean throat inside the stiff all-rounder which looked as if it was scarifying him. 1890 J. S. Farmer Slang I. 38/1 All-Rounder,..particularly applied..to a shirt collar the same height all round the neck and meeting in front. Once fashionable, but little worn now. 2002 Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. 10 The stock was superseded by the stiff high collar of the Victorian era, which became known as the stiff ‘all rounder’. 2. a. Cricket. A player who is skilled at both bowling and batting. ΚΠ 1863 Every Boy's Mag. 420 He is about the best ‘all-rounder’ in England, though overwork deprived his side of his bowling for awhile. 1902 Country Life 10 May 583/1 If..Lockwood, who is a first-class all-rounder, is to be a batsman this year, what, I wonder, will become of his bowling? 1955 Times 12 May 14/4 Mr. Gilbert Jessop. A Great Cricketing All-Rounder. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xvii. 318 Imran Khan, the former Pakistan captain and one of the most successful all-rounders in the modern game. b. gen. A person with ability in many departments. Also: something suited for a variety of purposes or situations. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility > many-sided or versatile person universalist1713 Admirable Crichton1807 all-rounder1869 all-arounder1902 Renaissance man1906 uomo universale1963 1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses viii. 113 It is what cricketers call an ‘all-rounder’, good in every point for wall, arcade, pillar, standard, dwarf—en masse, or as a single tree. 1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 741 An all-rounder in attainments..‘who had run through the circle of the sciences, and understood them all equally well’. 1938 Times 7 Jan. 13/6 Nor, even if the organization were bigger, would it be easy to clap the staff into their pigeon-holes, when so many jobs call for the all-rounder. 1976 Sea Spray (N.Z.) Dec. 86/3 The Adelaide boat..was designed as a good all-rounder. 2001 Wired Dec. 187/2 Mainstream education expects children to be all-rounders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837 |
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