单词 | non-striker |
释义 | non-strikern. 1. Sport. A player who does not strike the ball; (Cricket) the batter who is at the bowler's end at the time of a delivery, and who therefore does not face the ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > player > types of striker1699 kicker1829 non-striker1842 feeder1844 stopper1847 defender1851 hand-in1875 hand-out1875 back1880 attacker1884 field general1895 ball carrier1902 ball-handler1912 ball-winner1972 shotmaker1974 1842 Col. B. Hand Bk. Billiards (ed. 2) 76 [Pool] A life may be lost by the non-striker in the following way: [etc.]. 1843 Bell's Life in London 30 July The non-striker is out, the other being in his own ground. 1865 J. Pycroft Cricketana v. 85 In a famous Nottingham match, in 1817, the non-striker, while running, struck the ball to prevent its coming home. 1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 59 The non-striker's ball, off which the croquet is taken. 1923 Times 18 Dec. 5/7 [Squash] The reverse angle is only too frequently blocked by the non-striker's body. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 57 Geoff Boycott took first strike leaving ‘Ollie’ [Milburn] at the non-striker's end. 1997 Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 29/6 He had been chosen first for England.., making 65 before, as the non-striker, being run out from an accidental diversion by the bowler. 2. A person (esp. a worker) who chooses not to go on strike. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking > refusing to strike dung1765 scab1777 knobstick1794 leg1815 rat1824 nob1825 black1826 blackneb1832 blacknob1838 knob1839 snob1839 blackleg1844 snob-stick1860 non-striker1868 ratter1890 strike-breaker1904 1868 Galaxy Oct. 566/1 Strikers are guilty of a legal misdemeanor in combining to prevent non-strikers from working at their trades. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Sept. 3/1 He had instructed pickets not to call non-strikers ‘finks’ or ‘scabs’. 1991 R. J. Johnston Question of Place (BNC) 112 The non-strikers, at the other extreme, comprising the two fields..which had less than 15 per cent on strike in the early weeks of the dispute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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