单词 | high hurdle |
释义 | > as lemmashigh hurdle high hurdle n. and adj. (a) n. (chiefly in plural) a hurdle at its highest setting; (esp. with the) a race involving such hurdles; (b) adj. designating a race involving high hurdles. ΚΠ 1865 London Rev. 1 Apr. 344/2 When it comes to taking ten flights of high hurdles on a soil something like a field prepared for turnips, after a heavy shower, the men run under very evident constraint. 1888 R. M. Hurd Hist. Yale Athletics App. 143 H. Mapes, Columbia, lowered the records in both hurdle races, doing the high hurdles in 164/ 5 sec. and the low hurdles in 262/ 5sec. 1890 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 22 Mar. 4/2 Taking the hurdle with the knee first is the way A. A. Jordan, who won the amateur championship at the high hurdle race for four years, used so successfully. 1895 Outing 26 455/1 Oxford won all the runs, the high hurdle, and tied in the high jump with Yale, losing only the weights and broad jump. 1935 Times 23 Mar. 6/1 On last year's form A. G. Pillbrow should win the High Hurdles, but recently he has been over-exercised. 1993 Chicago Tribune 19 June ii. 6/4 Illinois' most dominant track athlete will attempt a trifecta of the long jump, triple jump and 110-meter high hurdles. 2005 Afr. News (Nexis) 12 Feb. The race became a high hurdle marathon and we could no longer hold the centre to the very end. < as lemmas |
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