| 单词 | quarter-race |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-race quarter-race n. U.S. now historical a race for horses over a distance of a quarter of a mile; an event featuring this. ΚΠ 1787 H. Williamson Lett. Sylvius to Freemen Inhabitants of U.S. i. 12 We have seen a young Buck..on his way to [a] quarter-race, fitted out..with..more silver on his saddle and bridle, than the value of his father's estate. 1792 Descr. Kentucky 12 His time is employed in quarter-races, cock-fights. 1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 386/2 [They] had foot-races for themselves, and quarter-races for their horses. 1995 B. C. Daniels Puritans at Play (1996) 174 In New England, as in the American South, the most popular type of race was the quarter-race. < as lemmas |
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