| 单词 | flying leap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflying leap a. That passes or travels swiftly, that passes by rapidly or rushes along; rapid. flying leap: a running jump. flying handicap, flying mile: one in which the starting-post is passed at full speed. flying jump, = flying leap. flying start: in a race, (a) a start in which the competitors pass the starting-point at full speed; (b) a start by one competitor prior to the starting signal being given; (c) transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > start > flying start flying start1851 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > one who or that which > leap augmented by run running jumpa1672 flying leap1871 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > start > false start false start1815 breakaway1885 flying start1921 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > advantage over another > an advantage > initial flying start1933 1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters ix. 30 He got to the flying River side. 1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iv. i. 1794 Each minute of the flying Hours is precious. 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 7 Earth rolls back beneath the flying Steed. 1721 in J. Dryden tr. Virgil's Wks. (ed. 5) I. 284 O're th' Elean Plains, thy well-breath'd Horse Impels the flying Carr. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 115 Of Men And Manners treating, with a flying Pen. 1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 658/2 A flying start being the rule. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) viii. 187 A large crevasse..forcing us to take a flying leap. a1893 Westm. Gaz. 13 Oct. 5/3 Windle has done the ‘flying’ mile in 1 min. 56 4–5 secs. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 35 You know how you take a flying jump on to a fellow's head at school, when he snores in the dormitory. 1894 Daily News 21 May 7/1 The Flying Handicap I shall leave to Moonflower. 1899 Harmsworth Mag. July 531/2 The cycle is next best with a flying start record of 1 m. 352/ 5 sec. 1921 W. J. Martin in E. H. D. Sewell Rugby Football up to Date 61 The easiest way to make an opening is to steal a march on your opposing outside half by getting a flying start. 1924 G. Lambton Men & Horses 233 In the Knowsley Nursery, at Liverpool,..thanks to a flying start, she was only just caught close home. 1928 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 15/5 [He] set up a new record for the mile (flying start) with a speed of 40 miles per hour. 1933 L. A. G. Strong Sea Wall 245 How are the likes of you and me to get a good flying start with nothing to kick off from? 1958 Spectator 31 Jan. 137/2 It got him off to a flying start; in it were the seeds of his future Christian life. 1962 Listener 7 June 983/1 He climbed slowly in Elizabeth's reign, despite his flying start as the son of a Lord Keeper. < as lemmas |
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