α. 1900s– jayvee. Also with capital initial.
β. 1900s– J.V., 1900s– j.v., 1900s– JV, 1900s– jv.
单词 | jv |
释义 | JVn.adj.α. 1900s– jayvee. Also with capital initial. β. 1900s– J.V., 1900s– j.v., 1900s– JV, 1900s– jv. North American. Sport. A. n. A junior varsity team or player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > at college or university Oxford blue1842 Dark Blue1852 Light Blue1852 Cambridge blue1867 blue1870 colour1881 Orangeman1908 JV1922 redshirt1955 society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > specific England1795 Dark Blue1852 Light Blue1852 springboks1906 JV1922 sine1922 1922 N.Y. Times 16 June 15/3 In the morning spin the four crews, varsity, the two-so-called Jayvees or junior varsity and freshman, went up stream a mile or two above the Columbia boathouse and came down in racing formation. 1949 Washington Post 13 Nov. c5/1 The Navy junior varsity soccer team closed out its season today with a 2–0 victory over Swarthmore JV. 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes v. 205 One night prior to the varsity game the Jayvees were scheduled to play against an old-timers' team led by my father. 1984 Callaloo 22 24 The jv's pushed across two more touchdowns that period. 1998 Sports Illustr. (Electronic ed.) 30 Nov. It would look like the jayvee taking on the varsity. B. adj. = junior varsity adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adjective] > types of maiden1598 well-run1601 unequal1654 well contested1722 returned1758 friendly1780 close-run1813 foursome1814 lightweight1823 tight1828 side1829 one-sided1839 scratch1851 international1859 all-comers1860 scrub1867 pointless1876 scoreless1885 replayed1886 peg-down1887 all-star1889 stiff1890 varsity1891 postseason1893 knock-out1896 best-of-(a specified odd number)1897 seeded1901 junior varsity1902 Simon Pure1905 pegged-down1908 JV1923 zero-sum1944 tie-breaking1970 1923 N.Y. Herald 17 Oct. 17/5 The recently organized ‘jayvee’ aggregation—more or less an incubator for prospective varsity talent. 1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 294 He had become the manager of the jayvee basketball squad. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 June 7/1 I have never been comfortable with the methods of 60 Minutes, and even less so with its JV version, 60 Minutes II. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1922 |
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