英语词汇“second string”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Hence second string, a second resource available if the first should fail. Frequently (with hyphen) attributive.

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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > players by ability

second string1643

first string1865

all-star1893

finalist1898

qualifier1908

seed1931

blue chip1958

blue-chipper1958

danger man1976

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > something held in reserve

second string1643

presidiary1745

standby1782

fallback1860

back-up1952

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > second, in case of failure

second string1643

1643 E. Bowles Plaine Eng. 28 It would be a good second string in case the Parliament should..miscarry.

1911 R. R. Marett Anthropol. iv. 113 They found them a people of hunters and fishers, it is true, but with agriculture as a second string.1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxxi. 245 He was one of that select..group of second-string personages for whom the party..had always to provide.1958 People 4 May 19/1 The man who may take over as second string to Tony Lock is Mike Allen, of Northampton.1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1058/3 Moore was a kind of second-string Clarence Darrow.1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds iv. 80 The big Queensland blue brute that led the dog pack took a slavish fancy to the priest and followed him without question, meaning Frank was very definitely the second-string man.

单词	second string
释义	> as lemmas second string c. Hence second string, a second resource available if the first should fail. Frequently (with hyphen) attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > players by ability second string1643 first string1865 all-star1893 finalist1898 qualifier1908 seed1931 blue chip1958 blue-chipper1958 danger man1976 the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > something held in reserve second string1643 presidiary1745 standby1782 fallback1860 back-up1952 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > second, in case of failure second string1643 1643 E. Bowles Plaine Eng. 28 It would be a good second string in case the Parliament should..miscarry. 1911 R. R. Marett Anthropol. iv. 113 They found them a people of hunters and fishers, it is true, but with agriculture as a second string.1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxxi. 245 He was one of that select..group of second-string personages for whom the party..had always to provide.1958 People 4 May 19/1 The man who may take over as second string to Tony Lock is Mike Allen, of Northampton.1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1058/3 Moore was a kind of second-string Clarence Darrow.1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds iv. 80 The big Queensland blue brute that led the dog pack took a slavish fancy to the priest and followed him without question, meaning Frank was very definitely the second-string man. extracted from stringn. < as lemmas
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