单词 | on your mark |
释义 | > as lemmas(get) on your mark(s) b. (get) on your mark(s): an instruction to athletes to take up their positions on the line in preparation for the start of a race; an instruction to competitors to prepare for the start in other kinds of race (e.g. swimming). Also figurative.Unless a starting gun or other signal is used, ‘on your mark(s)’ is usually followed by the instructions ‘get set, go!’, or just ‘go!’ ΚΠ 1887 M. Shearman Athletics & Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 198 Nothing was said until the men got upon their marks.] 1893 N.Y. Times 19 Jan. 3/5 ‘Get on your marks!’ he said. ‘I'll start this race if I blow off my whole hand!’ 1904 R. H. Barbour (title) On your mark!: a story of college life and athletics. 1907 Michigan Pioneer & Hist. Soc. 35 575 I am sure that just about the point where the thrill comes, someone would shout ‘On your mark—Get set—Go!’ and the sprinting match would be on. 1928 E. Waugh Decline & Fall i. viii. 90 ‘On your marks! Get set.’ Bang went Philbrick's revolver. Off trotted the boys on another race. 1929 F. N. Hart Hide in Dark i. 25 All set? On your mark! 1930 L. W. Olds Track Athletics iv. 26 On Your Marks... Get Set... Go or Gun. 1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays v. 22 On your marks, go. The thing was to lob them [sc. rissoles] out like fives pills. 1954 G. Mitchell On your Marks xv. 172 ‘On your marks,’ said the starter. The swimmers were poised and ready. ‘Go!’ 1970 B. Marlow & D. Watts Track Athletics ii. 18 It is recommended that the shoulders should be forward when the athlete settles into the blocks on the command ‘On your marks’. 1990 Chicago Tribune 17 June 13 OK, all you home tapers: On your marks, get set, go. The Met's new ‘Der Ring der Nibelungen’, airing this week. < as lemmas |
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