单词 | hang time |
释义 | hang timen. Originally U.S. 1. Sport. The length of time a ball remains in the air after being hit, kicked, or thrown. Also (chiefly Basketball): the length of time a person remains in the air after jumping. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres ball1483 through-pass1673 intercept1821 fielding1823 outfielding1851 wrist stroke1851 goalkeeping1856 shot1868 scrimmage1872 passing1882 save1883 touchback1884 angle shot1885 shooting1885 pass1887 line1891 tackling1893 feeding1897 centre1898 chip shot1899 glovework1906 back-lift1912 push pass1919 aerial1921 screen1921 ball-hawking1925 fast break1929 tackle1930 chip1939 screenshot1940 snapshot1961 hang time1969 one-two1969 blooter1976 passback1976 sidefoot1979 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > actions travelling1916 pivot1920 rebounding1926 dunking1935 goaltending1939 boxout1950 rebound1954 screen-and-roll1955 pick-and-roll1960 suicide1965 hang time1969 steal1974 1969 Los Angeles Times 28 Nov. iii. 7/1 The important thing is to keep the ball in the air—we call it ‘hang time’. 1976 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 4 Nov. 33/1 The Doctah goes up,..fakes that way, takes a nap, then slam-dunks. Backward! His hang time is somewhere up there in the vicinity of the national debt. 1992 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 Nov. The perceived method for up-and-unders is to kick the ball with enough hang time for the posse to contest possession. 2004 P. Pippen Beam me up Scottie 104 Patrick..was taller and better able to do a slam dunk, but the Monk was pretty fast and had some pretty good hang time. 2. Winemaking. The length of time ripening grapes are left on the vine before harvest.A longer hang time may produce wine with more body and greater alcohol content. ΚΠ 1985 Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Sun-Sentinel 27 Mar. (Lifestyle section) 24 [He] talks about longer ‘hang time’, meaning that his grapes remained on the vines an additional 14 to 20 days. 1991 San Francisco Chron. 26 Aug. c3/2 Cool growing conditions encourage what growers call ‘long hang time’ for the grapes on the vine. 1999 Grocer (Nexis) 22 May The longer ‘hang time’ has meant concentration of flavours and better quality wines. 2005 C. W. Bamforth Food, Fermentation & Micro-organisms iii. 93 Grapes for red table wine have a longer hang time. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1969 |
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