| 单词 | leg trap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleg trap leg trap n. (a) Cricket (originally) a delivery used by W. G. Grace with the aim of enticing the batter to give a catch to the fielder at square leg (now historical and rare); (later) an array of fielders stationed close in on the leg side of the wicket for catches: cf. leg theory n. at Compounds 2b; (b) a device designed for capturing wild animals or birds, typically consisting of a pair of metal jaws which snap shut around the leg; cf. trap n.1 1a; leg snare n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > fielders by position middle wicket1772 long-stop1773 second stop1773 stop1773 long fieldsman1790 long field?1801 third man1801 outscout1805 leg1816 point1816 slip1816 backstop1819 long fielder1835 long leg1835 long field off1837 short leg1843 square leg1849 cover-point1850 long-stopper1851 middle-off1851 cover-slip1854 long off1854 left fielder1860 short square1860 mid-off1865 extra cover (point)1867 deep-fielder1870 mid-on1870 cover1897 leg trap1897 infield1898 deep field1900 slipper1903 slip fieldsman1906 midwicket1909 infieldsman1910 slip-catcher1920 infielder1927 leg slip1956 1897 Manch. Guardian 12 July 8/1 Nearly all his wickets were secured by that funny ball of his known for some twenty years as ‘Grace's leg trap’. 1899 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 183/1 Between the ends of what are seen to be boats in the complete picture, are a number of animals circling round a leg-trap, while a hunter not far off is despatching another creature whose legs are tied together. 1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor xiii. 240 If fox-farming some day should actually supersede the use of the present sharp-toothed leg trap, no small gain would have been effected. 1948 D. Reese Was it all Cricket? xiii. 181 He [sc. W. G. Grace] kept pitching them on the pads, and towards the end of the innings Nott..hit him on the half-volley hard and low to square-leg... The ‘Old Man’ chuckled about his leg trap coming off. 1963 Times 5 June 4/2 He took a pace to Titmus only to turn him gently into the leg trap. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 14 Apr. d3/5 Its predator control plan stalled in a dispute over how frequently leg traps should be checked. 2011 Independent 6 Aug. 40 His 40 victims in the leg trap making him the leading catcher, other than wicketkeepers, in the country. < as lemmas |
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