| 单词 | hot-stove league |
| 释义 | > as lemmashot-stove league hot stove n. (also with capital initials) [with reference to discussion taking place around a hot stove in a store, bar, etc., during the winter] North American colloquial (attributive) designating discussion of a particular sport between periods of play or in an off-season (frequently in hot-stove league); designating a person who discusses sport in this way; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > supporting > [adjective] > discussion hot stove1908 1908 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 19 Sept. 3/2 This situation..will give the ‘fans’ something to talk about when the Hot Stove League opens its season. 1919 N.Y. Tribune 21 Jan. 8/4 When the literary hot stove league gathers and fans about the war's best poem. 1952 Time 18 Feb. 55 Hot stove leaguer, in the U.S., anyone who likes to talk at length..about recent developments in his favorite sport—which is usually baseball. 1962 Hockey Canada Nov. 12/2 Things we have missed may be mulled over in Hot Stove sessions which are as old and as popular as the sport of hockey itself. 1994 Sports Illustr. 25 Apr. 30/1 It's fun to have a hot stove league in the NFL. < as lemmas |
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