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单词 marquis of queensberry rules
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Marquis of Queensberry rulesn.

Brit. /ˌmɑːkwᵻs əv ˈkwiːnzb(ə)rɪ ˌruːlz/, U.S. /ˌmɑrkwəs əv ˈkwinzˌbɛri ˌrulz/
Forms: 1800s– Marquis of Queensberry rules, 1900s– Marquess of Queensberry rules, 1900s– Marquess of Queensbury rules, 1900s– Marquis of Queensbury rules.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Marquess of Queensberry , rule n.1
Etymology: < the title of Sir John Sholto Douglas (1844–1900), eighth Marquess of Queensberry, who supervised the preparation of the rules + the plural of rule n.1
Boxing.
= Queensberry rules n. Also absol. as Marquis of Queensberry, and in extended use.
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Marquis of Queensberry rules1874
Queensberry rules1882
1874 Bell's Life in London 24 Oct. 5/6 The Marquis of Queensberry rules, under which the competition was conducted, and two rounds of four minutes each, and a final of five.
1883 N.Y. Times 22 June 4/5 The challenge was accepted, and the weapons selected were fists, to be used under the Marquis of Queensberry rules.
1909 Boxing 4 Dec. 329/2 The American style, known as straight Marquis of Queensberry.
a1961 L. Garvin in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1961) at Marquis of Queensberry rules Recognize no Marquis of Queensberry rules by which moral decorum should regulate and govern their differences.
1978 Boston Globe 3 Mar. 2 If there is another war..I very much doubt Israel will play again by the Marquis of Queensbury rules.
1982 S. B. Flexner Listening to Amer. 113 The Marquis of Queensberry rules were first fully used in an 1872 London amateur tournament.
1997 New Yorker 8 Dec. 84/3 These guys..are not going to play by Marquess of Queensberry rules.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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