| 单词 | on the tape |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the tape c. A piece of tape suspended across the course at the finishing point in a race, or (formerly) between the goalposts in Association football; in Horse Racing, a tape or set of tapes suspended across the course at the starting-point of a race; also figurative. Also in phrases (literal and figurative): to breast the tape, to reach the finishing-line in a race; on the tape, at the very end of a race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > starting or finishing mark > finishing mark marklOE glovec1380 goal1531 winning-post1759 ending-post1760 goalpost1834 tape1867 the line1892 finishing-post1895 finish line1899 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > frame or tape of goal tape1867 woodwork1960 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > scoring > field of play > specific part tape1867 goalpost1882 end zone1916 red zone1972 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > starting or finishing mark base1602 post1642 race post1643 wire1871 tape1903 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > race on foot [verb (intransitive)] > reach finishing line to breast the tape1903 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [adverb] > at start or finish at (the) post1507 on the tape1916 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > starting-point starting gate1893 tape1957 1867 Routledge's Handbk. Football 54 Football Association Rules... A goal shall be won when the ball passes between the goal-posts under the tape. 1868 H. F. Wilkinson Mod. Athletics 17–18 The Goal..should consist of a piece of stout white tape tied to the post at one side..and held loosely by the judge across the course, so that when the winner passes the post he may carry the tape away. 1880 Times 12 Nov. 4/5 The ball is shot under the tape or over the bar, and the call of time immediately afterwards proclaims the game at an end. 1903 Punch 11 Feb. 103/1 Though a toughish task remains Before I breast the tape, J. Chamberlain, of Birmingham, Will round (or square) the Cape. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee xvii. 270 ‘They've got me on the tape!’ he cried; ‘but I'm satisfied.’ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 580 Judge of his astonishment when he finelly [sic] did breast the tape and the awful truth dawned upon him anent his better half, wrecked in his affections. 1937 ‘P. Wentworth’ Case is Closed vii. 72 He was running in his school sports, winning the hundred yards again, breasting the tape, hearing the applause break out. 1955 Times 13 Aug. 4/2 Wheeler..regained the ground he had lost and just robbed the Hungarian of victory on the tape. 1957 D. Francis Sport of Queens vi. 122 The six or seven stranded starting tapes familiar in flat racing are not used for National Hunt racing. A single strand across the course is pulled down to a catch at shoulder level, and when this is released..the tape flies up at an oblique angle. 1963 Times 21 Feb. 4/5 They were described by an official observer after the last N.E.D.C. meeting as ‘just coming up to the tapes’. < as lemmas |
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