| 单词 | hockey stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmashockey stick hockey stick n. (a) a long, straight stick used either in field hockey (having a short curved hook or bend at its base) or ice hockey (having an inclined L-shaped blade at its base); (b) figurative (originally North American) a long period of little or no change or response esp. to an ongoing stimulus, followed by a sudden and sharp upturn, period of rapid growth, etc. (the graphic representation of which is likened to the L-shape of an ice hockey stick); frequently as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > graph > other hockey stick1843 curve fitting1895 demand curve1936 zero crossing1941 matching1955 length1959 error bar1968 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > hockey > [noun] > stick stick1527 bandy?1630 hockey stick1843 1843 Berks. Chron. 21 Oct. The jury returned a verdict of ‘Accidental death by a casual blow from a hockey stick’. 1936 Daily Sketch 9 Mar. 11/2 When a girl leaves school..she throws away..her hockey sticks and her gym tunic. 1981 Environmental Health Perspectives 42 26/2 It is important to recognize that this hockey-stick curve does agree with two main features of the dose-response curve as many people picture it. 1988 B. Orser Orser: Skater's Life i. 12 To a large segment of Canadian males, the idea of skating without a hockey stick is an anomaly. 2008 Vanity Fair May 238/1 The vertiginous ‘hockey stick’ rise in mean global temperature since 1970 is something that can be explained by only one thing, a powerful new force in the climate system: us. 2020 D. Vince Manifesto x. 139 We're still at the bottom of the hockey stick in terms of electric car growth. < as lemmas |
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