英语词汇“best of five”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) the best of (a specified odd number of heats, games, sets, etc.): a contest consisting of a series of heats, games, sets, etc., between two parties in which the contestant who wins the majority of the specified number of heats, games, sets, etc., is declared the overall winner. Also elliptically as best of three, best of five, etc.

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1679 List Horse Races Mar. & Apr. at New-Market (single sheet) Mouse the Duke of Monmouths Gelding, against the Duke of Albemarl's gray Gelding, the best of three heats 12 stone, for 200 l.

1768 I. Bickerstaff Absent Man ii. xii. 33 The Earl of Sweepstakes rid his own horse Fleabite, the best of three heats over the Beacon course for a thousand.

1785 J. Byng Diary 3 July in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 208 The best of three heats. No less than three will be allowed to start.

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 719/1 Tom offered to stake three to two on himself, for the best of five falls.

1869 S. Berdmore Colston II. i. 9 ‘Best of three?’ said the squire. ‘Certainly.’ ‘Then here goes—heads or tails?’

1895 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 77 All matches shall be the best of three advantage-sets.

1933 Ld. Aberdare Rackets, &c. ix. 109 A match shall consist of the best of five games.

1991 M. Curtin Plastic Tomato Cutter xxi. 175 They were playing best of three.

1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 40/5 The final was the best of five frames.

单词	best of five
释义	> as lemmas best of five (a) the best of (a specified odd number of heats, games, sets, etc.): a contest consisting of a series of heats, games, sets, etc., between two parties in which the contestant who wins the majority of the specified number of heats, games, sets, etc., is declared the overall winner. Also elliptically as best of three, best of five, etc. ΚΠ 1679 List Horse Races Mar. & Apr. at New-Market (single sheet) Mouse the Duke of Monmouths Gelding, against the Duke of Albemarl's gray Gelding, the best of three heats 12 stone, for 200 l. 1768 I. Bickerstaff Absent Man ii. xii. 33 The Earl of Sweepstakes rid his own horse Fleabite, the best of three heats over the Beacon course for a thousand. 1785 J. Byng Diary 3 July in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 208 The best of three heats. No less than three will be allowed to start. 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 719/1 Tom offered to stake three to two on himself, for the best of five falls. 1869 S. Berdmore Colston II. i. 9 ‘Best of three?’ said the squire. ‘Certainly.’ ‘Then here goes—heads or tails?’ 1895 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 77 All matches shall be the best of three advantage-sets. 1933 Ld. Aberdare Rackets, &c. ix. 109 A match shall consist of the best of five games. 1991 M. Curtin Plastic Tomato Cutter xxi. 175 They were playing best of three. 1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 40/5 The final was the best of five frames. extracted from bestadj.n.¹adv. < as lemmas
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