| 单词 | over the sticks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasover the sticks P17. Horse Racing. over the sticks: in a race or races involving jumps. Opposed to on the flat (see flat n.3 1c). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [adverb] > in steeplechasing or hurdling over the sticks1869 1869 Bell's Life in London 6 Feb. 5/2 The Hurdle Race followed, and all on the card but Charlie went out to try their luck over the sticks. 1898 T. Haydon Sporting Reminisc. 67 The quality of the competitors, both in flat races and ‘over the sticks’ was of the highest class. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1979) 102 Tom had progressed to riding professionally over the sticks. 1993 Tatler July 123/2 She keeps a John Fowler-trained hurdler, Opera Hat , which won a £10,000 race this season and is her first venture over the sticks. 2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xv. 251 It is often said that the Queen races only on the Flat to avoid being in competition with her mother, whose horses race mainly ‘over the sticks’. < as lemmas |
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