单词 | run-through |
释义 | run-throughn. 1. Billiards, Snooker, and Pool. A stroke which causes the cue ball to roll on after the object ball which it has set in motion. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke hazard1674 carambole1775 carom1779 cannon1802 screw1825 sidestroke1834 following stroke1837 cannonade1844 five-stroke1847 follow1850 scratch1850 fluke1857 jenny1857 bank shot1859 angle shot1860 draw shot1860 six-stroke1861 run-through1862 spot1868 quill1869 dead-stroke1873 loser1873 push1873 push stroke1873 stab1873 stab screw1873 draw1881 force1881 plant1884 anchor cannon1893 massé1901 angle1902 cradle-cannon1907 pot1907 jump shot1909 carry-along1913 snooker1924 1862 G. F. Pardon Handbk. Billiards (new ed.) i. 14 Following Stroke..or ‘run-through’, as it is called. 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 231 A winning hazard or possibly a run-through stroke will be left for the adversary. 1889 A. W. Drayson Art Pract. Billiards xviii. 74 The ‘run through’ is played when the balls are situated between the screw-back and the pot stroke. 1931 R. Levi Billiards in 20th Cent. xxiv. 255 The in-off..can only be made by a thin contact or by a run-through. 2003 R. Byrne Byrne's Compl. Bk. Pool Shots i. 9 Practice what snooker players call the ‘stun run-through’. 2. North American. The fact or an instance of running trains through intermediate points without stopping; esp. the fact or an instance of running a freight train from one destination to another, across different railways, without changing locomotives or cars; (also) a freight train which is run in this manner. Frequently (and in earliest use) attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > operation of railways > specific methods of operation run-through1904 lodging turn1952 1904 H. W. Forman Rights of Trains on Single Track 382 If accustomed to receive a short running order part of the time and a ‘run through’ order the rest of the time, the men are apt, in time, to overlook their limits and run without orders. 1907 Railway Mag. 21 530/2 As the junction at Templecombe would not permit trains to make a run-through journey, these routes had to be disallowed. 1964 Canad. Labour Dec. 31/3 Representatives of the non-operating railway unions met in Montreal with officials of the running trades to work out a common policy on rail abandonments, runthroughs and other technological changes. 1967 Canad. Ann. Rev. 1966 29 The implementation of the Freedman report on railway run-throughs. 1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 125/3 To improve interline service, the Frisco is co-operating with connecting rail carriers to pre-block traffic in run-through trains—avoiding intermediate terminal switching operations. 1985 Railway Age Aug. 37/3 Three Soo SD-40-2 units powered the first Soo/Milwaukee runthrough. 2003 M. Rhodes N. Amer. Railyards ii. 56 A significant number of trains are run-throughs from Portland and Seattle. 2006 R. Loving Men who loved Trains ii. 22 One of the SP's top officers called Perlman to complain, saying the Central should offer a run-through train to his railroad, too. 3. A rehearsal of a play, film, or other performance, carried out without stopping or interruption. Also gen.: a performance or showing of a play, film, etc., esp. a preview. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > other types début1751 vehicle1785 benefit1802 showpiece1810 ticket-night1812 yatra1827 command1839 lollipopa1849 party piece1851 roadshow1874 one-night stand1878 stand1878 one-man show1879 small1886 command performance1897 ticket benefit1898 frivol1903 run-through1905 pre-production1906 riot1909 one-nighter1916 gala performance1932 improv1953 warm-up1958 workshopping1966 impro1979 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > production of performance > rehearsal rehearse1463 rehearsal1579 dressed rehearsal1793 dress rehearsal1812 full-dress rehearsal1821 run-through1905 walkthrough1940 stagger1964 1905 J. H. Wood Dan Leno viii. 147 A ‘run-through’ with the ‘props’ in the afternoon, before performance on the same evening, was all that was given or asked for. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves x. 104 It must have been about a week after this rummy little episode that George Caffyn called me up and asked me if I would care to go and see a run-through of his show. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel iv. 287 She felt it in her bones that the play would be a hit..and Mr Freelby said Ike Gold..had sat through the runthrough with the tears running down his cheeks. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 421 Christopher Sly, a chamber opera by Thomas Eastwood, heard in Britain only in a public run-through in 1960, was given its first staging at Pforzheim. 1973 E. Lemarchand Let or Hindrance xiv. 177 The film..has been very recently edited... Like a run-through of this last part? 1977 S. Brett Star Trap v. 53 The..cast assembled for a pre-tour run-through. 2002 Evening Standard 17 Sept. 63/5 Marcie and Carrie of the Von Bondies added some rock-chick savvy in a fleeting appearance of a live run-through of the blustery new single In Love. 4. A brief survey or outline of facts; a concise account, a summary. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > summarizing > summary sum1340 conclusionc1405 capitlea1425 docketa1483 chapiter1483 summary1509 summar1565 collection1579 continent1590 epilogue1646 summing up1795 sum-up1848 sum totalization1855 run-through1946 1946 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 9 Nov. 1/6 The brief ‘run-through’ of the Romanian treaty last night disclosed the same pattern as in the earlier Big Four examination of the Italian treaty. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Dec. 736/3 A brilliant run-through of Portuguese poetry and prose, the inevitable chapter on the fado. 1963 Listener 7 Mar. 432/2 I gave a group of young Russians a quick run-through of Eng. Lit. from Hopkins and Hardy to Amis and Osborne. 1973 A. Hunter Gently French iv. 36 Tell me about Quarles... Give me a quick run through. 1996 Sunday Tel. 13 Oct. (Review section) 12/4 Run-throughs of famous philosophers, with unilluminating one-sentence summaries of their ideas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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