| 单词 | scratch majority |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscratch majority a. Gathered together promiscuously, hastily assembled. scratch vote, scratch division, scratch majority: one which, owing to accident or stratagem, does not represent the actual state of opinion in a constituency or deliberative body (cf. snap adj., snatch- comb. form). Of a game or match: impromptu, played by scratch teams. Frequently also of a meal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > qualities of meals substantial1340 simplea1387 dry1483 of substance?c1500 large1528 hearty?1550 abstemious1604 scrambling1607 running1618 lusty1672 sit-down1789 well-served1796 à la carte1816 slap-up1823 quaresimal1828 scratch1851 square1868 scrambly1900 set1914 handout1915 all-you-can-eat1940 spready1960 carbo-load1986 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adjective] > types of maiden1598 well-run1601 unequal1654 well contested1722 returned1758 friendly1780 close-run1813 foursome1814 lightweight1823 tight1828 side1829 one-sided1839 scratch1851 international1859 all-comers1860 scrub1867 pointless1876 scoreless1885 replayed1886 peg-down1887 all-star1889 stiff1890 varsity1891 postseason1893 knock-out1896 best-of-(a specified odd number)1897 seeded1901 junior varsity1902 Simon Pure1905 pegged-down1908 JV1923 zero-sum1944 tie-breaking1970 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering, collecting, or coming together > gathered together > hastily or haphazardly scraped together1598 scratch1851 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [noun] > a representative assembly > unrepresentative majority scratch majority1891 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field x. 189 That is the time that some..batsman, whose eminence is little seen amidst the loose hitting of a scratch match, comes..to the wicket and makes a stand. 1851 London at Table i. 23 The butler..giving directions to what the four-in-hand club used to call ‘a scratch team’ of servants. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ix. 147 Our pack was what is called a ‘scratch pack’. Every one contributed a dog or two. 1864 Times 17 Mar. Compared with the Oxford men, those sent up by Cambridge on this occasion were little better than a scratch crew. 1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lxiii The company was what he irreverently called.. a scratch team. 1874 M. Collins & F. Collins Frances III. x. 234 Frances and Cecilia, coming down, found a hasty luncheon, and everybody busy at it... When this scratch luncheon was over, everybody went out. 1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 119 A scratch troop of domestics..secured all the glass doors. 1891 Newcastle Daily Jrnl. 9 Oct. 4/6 All he looks forward to is a scratch majority, obtained..by keeping the whole question in the dark. 1900 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 266 Scratch brigades..hastily constituted with scratch staffs. 1903 P. G. Wodehouse Prefect's Uncle xiii. 188 ‘When have you seen him?’ ‘In a scratch game between his form and another. He was carting all over the shop. Made thirty something.’ 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 258 A scratch breakfast, un déjeuner improvisé. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 10 I then commanded a scratch squadron of rather ropey machines. 1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 15/2 Some of the men were keeping warm..by playing scratch football. 1952 M. Laski Village ix. 141 Martha organized a scratch meal. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer vi. 103 They sat down to a scratch meal at about nine. 1973 ‘J. Patrick’ Glasgow Gang Observed xviii. 146 Facilities for ‘scratch’ games of football. 1981 J. R. L. Anderson Death in High Latitude v. 85 If you don't mind a scratch meal I'd be delighted if you could stay to supper. < as lemmas |
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