单词 | follow-through |
释义 | follow-throughn.adj. A. n. 1. Sport. In golf, cricket, and other sports: the action or an act of continuing the movement of a stroke, throw, or kick after the ball, etc., has been struck or released (cf. to follow through 1 at follow v. Phrasal verbs 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > movements swing-back1862 waggle1885 address1887 downswing1891 follow-through1891 overswing1902 soling1909 upswing1922 takeaway1957 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > other batting actions backing-up1816 slip1833 wrist-play1851 leg before1867 follow-through1891 gardening1897 wrist-work1898 whip1903 back-lift1912 1891 Golf 13 Feb. 340/2 The follow through prevents high driving. 1909 Morning Post 31 May 9/4 [Cricket] The footwork, the timing with the wrists, and the unchecked follow-through are all there and unimpaired. 1924 F. G. Lowe Lawn Tennis 46 The wrist brings the striking face square with the ball, and after impact gradually turns the striking face over until at the finish of the ‘follow through’ it almost faces the ground. 1959 E. Allen Baseball Play & Strategy i. iv. 92 The follow-through of their swing is in the direction of first base. 1994 Athletics Weekly 25 May 46/2 Javelin training... It also helps if, on the follow through, after release, the throwing hand ‘slaps’ the dominant side leg. 2010 New Yorker 6 Sept. 51/3 Against a stiff wind, you might have to punch hard—a shorter backswing, a shorter follow-through. 2. The action of pursuing a project or activity, esp. to completion; the ability to continue or persevere with a project or activity. Also as a count noun: a continuation or outcome of something that has already been started or done. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > [noun] suinga1325 prosecution1545 conveyance1572 through-handlinga1586 carriage1589 pursuita1631 throughing1638 pursuance1642 persecution1647 transaction1655 pursual1878 follow-up1904 follow-through1918 1918 Science 20 Dec. 606/1 What we do lack is the ‘follow through’ to thoroughly search out and master a problem in all its details, generalities and side issues before turning our attention to new problems. 1955 Times 25 July 5/6 The follow-through from this beginning by our respective Governments will be decisive in the measure of this conference. 1973 D. A. Russell Stage Costume Design i. viii. 202 It is often advantageous if the person who has headed the costume crew also heads the running crew for the production. In this way there is a follow-through from the beginning of the construction process until the closing of the production. 2014 Atlantic Nov. 15/1 Teachers may sometimes be convinced and motivated by what they see and hear, but with no real follow-through, significant change remains elusive. B. adj. 1. Sport. Involving or exhibiting a continued movement after the ball, etc., has been struck or released. ΚΠ 1891 Hampshire Advertiser 28 Mar. 4/3 Coles, with a follow through shot off the white, got into good play. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 10 Nov. 4/2 If he had hit it with the straight-forward, follow-through stroke. 1954 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 May 10/6 (caption) Charlie..shows his follow through action after delivering in the State bowls pairs final yesterday. 2013 M. J. O'Brien & F. H. Savoie in B. J. Cole & J. K. Sekiya Surg. Techniques of Shoulder, Elbow & Knee in Sports Med. (ed. 2) i. xli. 425 Athletes describe pain between the acceleration phase and the follow-through phase of the pitching motion. 2. a. That continues to pursue, monitor, or develop something; that allows a project, etc., to be developed or completed. ΚΠ 1906 1st Ann. Rep. State Civil Service Comm. Illinois 1905–6 40 If there be one thing absolutely necessary in the State service, it is the ‘follow through’ system. 1926 Socialist Rev. Jan. 308 He should be familiar with what is meant by ‘follow-through Departments’, for the condition of a patient five years after he leaves is a good test of the Hospital's efficiency. 1953 Jrnl. Amer. Assoc. Health, Physical Educ., & Recreation Jan. 7/3 It is essential that classroom instruction be related to the dental examination program, to the follow-through program, and to care and treatment as well. 2007 T. Adams et al. Project Meeting Facilitator i. iii. 41 Only one in ten meetings tracked during the study of 150 corporate meetings included a follow-through process and clear communication of next steps. b. spec. (Stock Market) That shows or sustains a trend in the stock market. ΚΠ 1933 Washington Post 2 Apr. r6/8 In the meantime, traders are cautious and the market only temporarily responsive to large-scale purchases, follow-through buying still failing to materialize. 1959 Times 11 June 16/3 Kaffirs..eased later because of lack of ‘follow through’ buying. 1991 W. J. O'Neill How to make Money in Stocks (rev. ed.) ii. x. 98 A day or two after the Russians backed down from President Kennedy's naval blockade, on the first follow-through day in the Dow Jones, I bought the first stock of the new bull market—Chrysler—at $58. 1999 New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur) 19 Oct. 28/1 Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange ended broadly lower yesterday on follow-through selling from Friday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1891 |
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