| 单词 | end run |
| 释义 | > as lemmasend run end run n. North American (a) in American football, an attempt by the ball-carrier to run round his own end (sense 3g) and towards the goal; (b) figurative an evasive tactic, esp. in war or politics; a ploy which allows one to advance by bypassing the opposition. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planning a course of action > plan of intended course of action plan of campaign1780 route map1816 action plan1889 end run1902 strategy1944 game plan1957 scenario1962 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres rush1857 punt-out1861 goal-kicking1871 safety1879 safety touchdown1879 scrimmage1880 rushing1882 safety touch1884 touchback1884 forward pass1890 run1890 blocking1891 signal1891 fake1893 onside kick1895 tandem-play1895 pass play1896 spiral1896 shift1901 end run1902 straight-arm1903 quarterback sneak1904 runback1905 roughing1906 Minnesota shift1910 quarterbacking1910 snap-back1910 pickoff1912 punt return1914 screen forward pass1915 screen pass1920 power play1921 sneak1921 passback1922 snap1922 defence1923 reverse1924 carry1927 lateral1927 stiff-arm1927 zone1927 zone defence1927 submarine charge1928 squib1929 block1931 pass rushing1933 safetying1933 trap play1933 end-around1934 straight-arming1934 trap1935 mousetrap1936 buttonhook1938 blitzing1940 hand-off1940 pitchout1946 slant1947 strike1947 draw play1948 shovel pass1948 bootleg1949 option1950 red dog1950 red-dogging1951 rollout1951 submarine1952 sleeper pass1954 draw1956 bomb1960 swing pass1960 pass rush1962 blitz1963 spearing1964 onsides kick1965 takeaway1967 quarterback sack1968 smash-mouth1968 veer1968 turn-over1969 bump-and-run1970 scramble1971 sack1972 nose tackle1975 nickel1979 pressure1981 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > instance of > specifically in war or politics end run1902 1902 Record-Herald (Chicago) 28 Sept. iii. 1/4 Perkins made a fifteen-yard end run. 1920 Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser 7 Mar. 6/3 Stubbs follows with an end run for 25 yards. 1952 W. S. Churchill Second World War V. xxiv. 378 I had..always been a partisan of the ‘end run’, as the Americans call it, or ‘cat-claw’, which was my term. 1961 W. Vaughan-Thomas Anzio ii. 16 An end run occurs when the forward lines clash together into immobility and the backs race round the supine mass towards the goal. 1968 Economist 17 Aug. 29/2 An ‘end run’ around to Congress, bypassing the Secretary of Defence, is the time-honoured way for the military to put pressure on the Secretary to yield on weapons and budgetary matters. 1973 Times 17 Apr. 9/1 Denouncing proposed draft legislation, Mr Humphrey said in the Senate that it was a ‘bold-faced grab’ and ‘outrageous end-run’ by the Pentagon designed to evade congressional control. < as lemmas |
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