| 单词 | professional wrestling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprofessional wrestling professional wrestling n. (originally) wrestling performed for entertainment; (now chiefly) a type of athletic entertainment involving staged wrestling matches, typically involving performers whose behaviour and manoeuvres are theatrically exaggerated. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > types of wrestling catch as catch cana1393 in-play1713 Cumberland and Westmorland (style, etc.)1823 Cornish wrestling1824 arm-wrestling1846 professional wrestling1884 sumo1893 all in1934 mud-wrestling1936 lucha libre1943 wrist-wrestling1973 1884 Morning Post 19 May 2/4 The excellent drum and fife band..started the programme.., their performance being followed by..some professional wrestling, and by tugs of war. 1957 J. Lake & H. Giblo Footlights, Fistfights & Femmes 241 Sure, professional wrestling is a show. And though it is generally looked upon with jaundiced eyes, still it is not all hokum. 1985 Los Angeles Times 7 June v. 6/2 In some areas of the country, professional wrestling..outdraws football, basketball, and professional tennis, both at live matches and on television. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Sept. b31/2 In professional wrestling lingo Gorgeous George was not a ‘cleanie’ but a ‘meany’—that is, he fought dirty, or pretended to. < as lemmas |
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