单词 | race meeting |
释义 | > as lemmasrace meeting race meeting n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > race-meeting meeting1676 race meeting1786 1762 Beauties of all Mag. Sel. I. 339/1 He arriv'd at a horse-race meeting, and mingled among his fraternity.] 1786 Daily Universal Reg. (London) 18 Feb. 3/2 Owing to the precautions and vigilance of the Earl of Hillsborough and Lord Kilwarlin, at the several race meetings since the last mentioned engagment, all attempts to revive the quarrel were frustrated. 1809 Sporting Mag. 33 108 This almost universal success at the race-meetings. 1909 A. W. Evans tr. A. France Penguin Island 322 The venerable Canon Monnoyer..began to write out a list of horses that would win at the next race meeting. 2002 R. Cassidy Sport of Kings v. 79 My experience of race meetings is that there are always groups of..men who spend a good deal of the day in the bar drinking and smoking. < as lemmas |
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