单词 | on the tins |
释义 | > as lemmason the tins c. Cricket colloquial. the tins, rectangular metal pieces each with a single white number painted on a black ground, set on the scoreboard or ‘telegraph’ to show the score, etc., during a match. on the tins: on the scoreboard. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > umpiring and scoring > [noun] > score > scoreboard telegraph board1841 telegraph1849 the tins1903 1903 D. L. A. Jephson in H. G. Hutchinson Cricket iv. 97 Poor old Surrey in the soup again!.. The mouldy eight runs on the tins were only hoisted there by a mighty effort. 1944 E. Blunden Cricket Country i. 19 The call from the pavilion..sent the tins hustling up on the score~board. < as lemmas |
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