| 单词 | a dead cert |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa dead cert A certainty (esp. in a dead cert); spec. in horse racing, a horse that is considered certain to win. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance lightweight1773 sticker1779 maiden1807 favourite1813 mile-horse1829 outsider1836 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 stoner1862 rank outsider1869 pick1872 pot1874 timer1881 resurrectionist1883 short head1883 pea1888 cert1889 stiffa1890 wrong 'un1889 on the mark1890 place horse1890 top-weight1892 miler1894 also-ran1895 selection1901 loser1902 hotpot1904 roughie1908 co-favourite1922 readier1922 springer1922 fav1935 scratch1938 no-hoper1943 shoo-in1950 scorer1974 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > favourite good thing1735 favourite1813 pea1888 cert1889 selection1901 nap1926 nap selection1927 stickout1930 shoo-in1950 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [noun] > something easily done or acquired sure card?1562 sure thing1836 open-and-shut1841 cinch1888 cert1889 snipa1890 pinch1897 lead-pipe1898 sitter1898 stone ginger1936 slam dunk1984 1889 Man of World 29 June 3/2 Love-in-Idleness is bound to take the Rous Memorial, and I hear Pioneer is a cert. for the St. James's. 1892 G. Grossmith & W. Grossmith Diary of Nobody xiv. 185 It is not speculation, it's a dead cert. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 8/2 ‘Special snips’, ‘paddock wires’, and other forms of what the advertisers, with unintentional humour, describe as ‘certs’. 1899 T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 32 Tatwood, you know—the trainer—he tips me all the certs. 1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet vii. 128 Aunt Emma would be out to a dead cert. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands i. 8 This is somethin' er cut above you, for er cert. 1921 A. Graham Voy. Home xxi Honiton has admitted the whole thing to Miss Upton, so it's a cert. 1927 S. Kaye-Smith in Sunday Express 11 Sept. 9 They had guessed for a cert where he was. 1936 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Ascent of F6 ii. 73 We'll be able to start tomorrow for a cert. < as lemmas |
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