单词 | put-away |
释义 | put-awayn. Sport (chiefly Tennis). An unreturnable shot or ball; = kill n.1 2c. Also more fully put-away shot, etc. Cf. to put away 5a at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > [noun] > types of play or stroke fault1599 back-hand1657 serving1688 let1819 return1832 ace1840 error1877 rally1879 knock-up1884 drop1900 kill1903 soft kill1910 angle shot1911 retrieve1913 length1924 put-away1932 1932 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Sept. They pulled Cochet so far out of position as to make him an easy victim for Vines' subsequent put away shots. 1955 Kingston (Jamaica) Gleaner 5 Mar. 10/6 It is going to be a cat-and-mouse affair all the way, with only the putaways showing us the big American game. 1977 New Yorker 25 July 70/2 Connors..also carried off the next three games on the strength of some fine, deep approaches and remarkable put-away volleys. 1992 Sports Illustr. 19 Oct. 74/2 He double-faulted in tiebreakers and overhit easy putaways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). put-awayadj. Now rare. That has been put away, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [adjective] > that may be put away stowable1610 put-away1849 tuck-away1935 1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxv, in New Monthly Mag. Oct. 360 Mr. Puffington quite eclipsed all the old country families with their ‘company rooms’ and put-away furniture. 1867 C. Dickens Let. 8 May (1999) XI. 364 Let him bring back... the put-away blue surtout. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiv. 305 It was this put-away treasure that he was trying to find. 1917 K. Norris Martie the Unconquered ii. vi. 216 Grandma had gone downstairs to borrow some of the put-away clothes of the last little Napthaly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1932adj.1849 |
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