| 单词 | record-breaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrecord-breaker record-breaker n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > that which surpasses others of the same kind > breaking records > one who or that which record-breaker1884 1884 Outing & Wheelman Mar. 457/2 The Manchester Club gave a complimentary supper and a silver medal to their ‘record-breaker’, Mr. Pearsons. 1909 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Reporter 27 Apr. 2/5 (headline) ‘Red Mill’ [sc. a musical comedy] a record-breaker. 1929 A. Huxley Do what you Will 145 Modern record-breakers have been ready to undergo..hardships for the sake of money. 1973 New Yorker 16 July 52 If Hank should waft the record-breaker during a home game the deed will be witnessed by more mediapersons than Atlantans. 2003 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 11 Apr. (Sport section) 40 Bennett's prolific goalscoring feats pale into insignificance when compared to all-time record-breaker Tommy Bamford. < as lemmas |
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