| 单词 | ringside seat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasringside seat ringside seat n. (a) a seat in the area immediately surrounding a boxing or wrestling ring or other arena for sport or spectacle, or in the area immediately next to a stage; (b) a place affording a clear view; an advantageous or privileged position from which to observe or monitor something. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > accommodation for spectators scaffold1470 scaffolding1537 stand1615 pergolaa1641 box seat1779 spectatory1829 ringside1849 box1860 ring-seat1889 ringside seat1897 terracing1902 terrace1950 1897 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 July 6/7 (advt.) Scientific Boxing Carnival.. Box seats $2.00, ringside seats $3.00. 1916 Chicago Tribune 13 Feb. 8/6 There's ma, pa, and the pretty little girl—If they ever get together, get a ringside seat. 1932 Daily Express 20 Sept. 19/5 I trust my health will be good when he makes his debut. I want to be in a ringside seat. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xvii. 212 From the fact that he spoke as if he had a hot potato in his mouth without getting the raspberry from the lads in the ringside seats, I deduced that he must be the head master. 1940 War Illustr. 19 Jan. 638/3 From our ‘ring~side’ seats in the air, we saw a spectacle which made us heartily glad it was not our duty to attack a British warship! 1947 G. Greene 19 Stories 75 Like a bull he was on show, sitting there mournfully in the plaza with his dog, a magnificent spectacle for which we all had ring-side seats. 1974 Baseball Digest Nov. 8 ‘Being on this club,’ reliever Rollie Fingers said later, ‘is like having a ringside seat for the Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier fight.’ 2002 Private Eye 20 Sept. 23/2 As the Prime Minister's father-in-law, I've enjoyed a unique ringside seat in Downing Street these past six years, and I've kept a unique record of everything I've said. < as lemmas |
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