单词 | redshirting |
释义 | † redshirtingn.1 Obsolete. rare. Revolutionary action against a government; spec. the action of supporting the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–82). See redshirt n. 1, 2. ΚΠ 1878 Harper's Weekly 23 Nov. 926/2 They have not that sense of equality and the determination to resist injustice which would make bulldozing and red-shirting and Ku-Kluxery of every kind impossible on a great scale in the Northern States. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xiv. 283 ‘I don't see why you claim the credit of being a craven civilian, Bromfield... A man who was out with Garibaldi in '48,’ continued James Bellingham. ‘Oh, a little amateur red-shirting,’ Corey interrupted in deprecation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). redshirtingn.2 1. U.S. Sport. The action of redshirt v. 1. ΚΠ 1957 Hammond (Indiana) Times 16 Dec. 15/2 Not all Big Ten schools went in for ‘red-shirting’ on a wholesale basis..but the possibility's been there for any coach who wanted to ‘salt’ a backlog of top talent in defiance of the true spirit of intercollegiate competition. 1968 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 10 Apr. a10 Edwards supported continuation of red-shirting, a common practice that permits an athlete to use four years to complete three years of varsity eligibility. 1989 L. Holtz & J. Heisler Fighting Spirit (1990) x. 119 There aren't steroids here to help you get stronger, and there's no redshirting. 2008 Sporting News 18 Feb. 9/3 He scoffs when asked why he never ‘reclassified’—which, essentially, is prep hoops speak for redshirting. 2. The practice of delaying a child's entrance into formal schooling by one year, typically to allow further development of learning skills and emotional maturity. See redshirt v. 2.Redshirting is most often considered for children born in the summer months, who would otherwise be the youngest in their school year. ΚΠ 1985 Educ. Week 16 Jan. 24 (title) In support of academic redshirting. 1993 M. E. Graue Ready for What? vii. 249 The way to solve a readiness problem is to provide time for the child to become more mature; in many cases this is done by redshirting. 2014 Pittsburgh (Pa) Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 16 Nov. Most evidence shows redshirting can be beneficial in the short term. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11878n.21957 |
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