单词 | put-back |
释义 | put-backn. 1. Something that puts back the advancement or performance of a plan or activity; a setback. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding > a set-back overthwart1513 setback1669 put-backa1697 counter-step1720 back-set1722 backcast1818 throwback1856 a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: Hobbes (1898) I. 333 For ten yeares together his thoughts were..chiefly intent on his ‘De Cive’, and..his ‘Leviathan’, which was a great putt-back to his mathematicall improvement. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Love Poems p. lviii An' mind..Ye slip not on the slippery ridge Of the thawin' snow, or it'll be A long put-back to your gran' marridge. 2. Basketball. A basket scored on the rebound by a member of the attacking team. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > goal > types of goal bank shot1859 field goal1896 dunk shot1940 tap-in1948 dunk1957 tip-in1958 slam dunk1969 put-back1980 1980 Marysville (Ohio) Jrnl.-Tribune 29 Feb. 7/1 The putbacks (layups after an offensive rebound) really hurt us. 2005 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. 29 Apr. c1 Davis' putback on Payton's miss with 3:33 left gave the Celtics their first field goal in nearly five minutes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1697 |
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