| 单词 | starting post |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarting post starting post n. a post which marks the place from which the competitors in a race are to start; frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > starting or finishing mark > starting mark score1513 starting place1570 goal1589 barrier1600 lists1601 starting post1631 scratch1772 starting line1812 mark1887 start line1908 gate1928 mobile1969 1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes xxiii. sig. E12v The horses are brought hither in their night clothes, and from thence walke downe to the starting post. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 20 May 49 Let an Equestrian Statue of this Heroine be erected near the starting post on the heath of New Market. 1782 G. Selwyn Let. 13 Mar. in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. Manuscripts (1897) App. vi. 593 He [sc. young Pitt] is at the head of a dozen young people, and it is a corps separate from that of Charles's; so there is another premier at the starting post, who, as yet, has never been shaved. 1852 J. F. Bateman Aquatic Notes 41 The starting-posts were 140 feet apart. 1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life 46 It is as true in metaphysics as it is in physics that the goal of yesterday is the starting-post of to-day. 1903 Times of India 8 Aug. 7/1 The victory of Titus II. in the closed race was most easily gained after a most unconscionable delay at the starting post. 1944 Musical Times Apr. 109/1 Community singing had been in existence in many clubs and associations for some years; so this has been made the starting post for much wider musical experience. 2015 Uttoxeter Advertiser (Nexis) 21 Jan. 10 Uttoxeter Racecourse will be opening its gates for the event at 11am on Saturday... The first race will leave the starting post at 12.30pm. < as lemmas |
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