单词 | racing certainty |
释义 | > as lemmasracing certainty racing certainty n. British a horse considered certain to win a race; (in extended use) anything regarded as certain to happen; a ‘sure thing’. ΚΠ 1859 Era 2 Oct. 3/4 All other ‘certainties’ we have a thorough distrust of, more especially of racing ‘certainties’. 1919 Times 31 Dec. 5 He won the Two Thousand Guineas and was considered by many to be a racing certainty for the most memorable Derby in the whole history of the race. 1968 Times 5 Sept. 23 It is a ‘racing’ certainty that Sir Peter Runge..will be the next chairman of the British National Export Council. 2002 R. Cassidy Sports of Kings 166 Despite the sport's long history of record keeping and changes in technology, there is no such thing as a racing ‘certainty’. < as lemmas |
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