| 单词 | stick play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstick play stick play n. (a) combat using a stick or cudgel; = stick fighting n.; (b) play involving a stick or sticks. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > [noun] waster1519 wastership1575 single billeta1625 cudgels1630 quarterstaff1631 cudgel-playa1635 back-sword1699 cudgel-playing1717 hurlbatting1744 single-stick1771 short-staff1775 cudgelling1787 stick fighting1845 stick play1849 back-swording1857 kendo1921 1849 Illustr. London News 30 June 444/3 The exhibition comprised swordsmanship, stick-play, sparring, and other amusements. 1904 Boy's Own Paper 28 May 551/1 He had found Flanagan's praise of the French boy particularly trying, for he rather fancied his own stick play. 1999 R. Epstein & G. Laptosky in Encycl. Creativity 183/1 After just three days of stick play, each of the chimps was able to solve a variety of novel problems. 2010 T. A. Green & J. R. Svinth Martial Arts of World I. 3 At present, it seems that stick play has an assured future in the Canary Islands. 2014 J. Johnson & D. Dinger Let's Play xiii. 54 Stick play offers children the opportunity to practice being careful. < as lemmas |
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