单词 | hit off |
释义 | > as lemmashit off hit-in (in Polo), the hitting of the ball into the field of play. (Cf. to hit in 3 at hit v. Phrasal verbs). hit off (in Hockey), the first stroke, which begins the game.extracted from hitn.hit off d. hit off, the act of hitting off (to hit off 3 at hit v. Phrasal verbs); a clever representation or imitation. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > a representation > clever hit off1830 1830 J. Badcock in Foote's Wks. p. xi The plaudits which would accompany a successful hit-off of the subject under treatment. to hit off to hit off 1. transitive. To produce or throw off with success. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] shift?1533 to pass muster1573 to give a good account of (something, often oneself)1601 to hit off1700 to make a job of1736 to make a do of1834 to make a go of it1836 cut1900 the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth > with ease, speed, or success, or in large quantities whip1611 to work off1653 to hit off1700 dispatchc1710 to throw off1724 to run off1759 to turn off1825 to turn out1847 to run out1872 to churn out1912 proliferate1912 slug1925 whomp1955 gurgitate1963 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 42 We hit off a little Wit now and then, but no Animosity. 1822 M. A. Kelty Osmond I. 87 You used to be rather au fait at hitting off a sonnet. 2. To succeed in attaining or getting at or upon. (Said esp. of striking the scent in hunting.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] findOE yfindOE hita1075 befindc1200 out-findc1300 to try outc1325 to find outa1375 to find upc1390 ascryc1400 outwryc1400 inventc1475 vent1611 to hit off1680 discover1762 to scare up1846 to pick up1869 rumble1897 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 42 You have been pricking up and down here upon a cold scent; but, at last, you have hit it off, it seems. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Heroick Virtue iv. 101 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. What Prince soever can hit of this great Secret, needs know no more. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. vi. 52 It happens to this Sort of Men, as to bad Hounds, who never hit off a Fault themselves. View more context for this quotation 1815 Sporting Mag. 45 299 The hounds again hit off the scent. 1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 69 We started at daybreak..and soon hit off a trail. 3. To describe, represent, or reproduce successfully or to a nicety. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > successfully hit?1602 to touch off1694 to hit off1737 the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] sayOE devisec1300 readc1300 to make (a) showing ofc1330 counterfeitc1369 expressc1386 scrievec1390 descrya1400 scrya1400 drawa1413 representc1425 describec1450 report1460 qualify?1465 exhibit1534 perscribe1538 to set out1545 deline1566 delineate1566 decipher1567 denotate1599 lineate16.. denote1612 givea1616 inform?1615 to shape out1633 speaka1637 display1726 to hit off1737 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 81 He has very well hit off the Sense. 1831 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1883) I. 233 I never saw a character so thoroughly hit off. 1871 S. Smiles Character x. 275 Sometimes he hits off an individual trait by an anecdote. 4. See also senses 1b, 20b, 8c. to hit off b. Cricket. (a) To strike (the ball) with the bat: hence with the bowler as object. (b) to hit off: to make up (a number of runs) by hitting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit hit1857 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > score runs fetch1735 run1752 to knock up1837 to knock off1851 to run out1856 to hit off1857 rattle1860 compile1884 to hit up1895 slog1897 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 392 When you or Raggles hit a ball hard away for six. 1865 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 21) 86 Messrs. Tritton and Wright hit off 25 in 20 minutes. 1883 Daily Tel. 15 May 2/7 Dr. Grace hit Hill square for 4. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Aug. 9/1 Mr. Hornby hit each bowler twice for 4. 1888 Daily News 15 Sept. 3/4 The Englishmen had only 33 to get to win and this was hit off in twenty-five minutes for the loss of one wicket. 1892 Daily News 1 Sept. 4/5 Yorkshire..in the time remaining..hit off 56 of these for the loss of two batsmen. < as lemmas |
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