单词 | red card |
释义 | red cardn. Sport (originally Association Football). 1. A red card shown by the referee to a player to indicate that he or she is being sent off the field for foul play. Hence also: the dismissal signified by such a card. Cf. yellow card n. 3.Red cards were first introduced for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > card shown to send player off field card1969 red card1969 red1976 1969 Guardian 13 June 18/6 A yellow card will indicate a caution and a red card, ‘sent off’. 1972 Times 9 Nov. 14/5 The Warsaw referee showed Evans the red card, which means he was sending him off. 1989 Viz Dec. 32 After disgraceful scenes in the goalmouth during a pre-season friendly with Walford Town, Fulchester's goalie Cardinal Basil Hume, appointed to replace the sacked Billy the Fish, is shown the red card. 1996 Lacrosse Talk Oct. 6/3 Yellow and red cards should be used properly. If a player receives two yellow cards in a game she is sent off and banned from the next club match. If she receives a red she is banned from the next two matches. 2008 Daily Star (Nexis) 9 Jan. 62 If that was a red card, two or three players who got a yellow card also deserved a red card. 2. Chiefly British. In extended use, usually with reference to the dismissal or rejection of a person. Frequently in to show someone the red card. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing > a dismissal passport1579 nunc dimittis1594 abscessional1647 heave ho1944 red card1980 1980 Times 25 June 4/1 Mr. Denis Skinner, the combative Labour MP for Bolsover, was finally shown the red card by the Speaker yesterday and ordered to leave the chamber. 1996 Daily Mirror 22 Nov. 15/5 Labour MP John Evans yesterday showed the boozy bosses the red card. He said: ‘It's a disgrace they should spend such a huge amount of customers' money on drink.’ 2003 Sun 13 Mar. 25/3 Ask any acting coach to rate Jordan's performance and you'd only get one result—a red card. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1969 |
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