| 单词 | number eight wire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnumber eight (fencing) wire number eight n. (a) Rugby Union the player in the back row of a scrum, behind the lock forwards; this position; (b) New Zealand standard 4mm gauge wire, originally used in fencing and later for other purposes (often with the implication of inventiveness); frequently attributive, esp. in number eight (fencing) wire; cf. No. eight n. at No. adv.3 and n.2 Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > wire > types of silver wire14.. white wire1463 virginal wire1662 pin-wire1674 binding wire1767 pinion wire1767 electric wire1819 music wire1823 gutta-percha-wire1876 No. eight1876 picture wire1876 number eight1952 microwire1953 plated wire1960 nanowire1990 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1952 R. K. Stent Fourth Springboks 1951–2 iii. 30 Originally a centre three-quarter, Pickard went into the scrum (as a number eight). 1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby 154 The Number 8 (back row loose forward)..combines, as far as possible, the duties of second row in the scrum and the flanks outside the scrum. 1973 P. Wilson N.Z. Jack 27 Then eventually we made barbs for our harpoons, by cutting a length of Number Eight wire from some farm fence. 1992 B. Anderson Portrait Artist's Wife 33 Squatting on his heels he coiled it and held it up. ‘It's only a bit of old number eight.’ < as lemmas |
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