| 单词 | stretch turn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstretch turn a. Horse Racing. (See quot. 1895.) Also attributive (esp. = ‘home-stretch’) as stretch run, stretch turn. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > course or track > parts of run-in1799 quarter-stretch1830 home run1833 hurdle1833 back stretch1839 home stretch1841 straight1846 last lap1848 straightaway1878 home straight1880 stretch1895 back-straight1905 the wall1974 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > parts of rail1830 stretch1895 outer1915 infield1923 1895 G. J. Manson Sporting Dict. Stretch, the straight or nearly straight sides of a course as distinguished from the curves or bends. 1903 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 24 June 13/9 Mexoana..took command in the stretch and won by two lengths from the favorite. 1934 D. Runyon in Collier's 3 Mar. 42/3 Gallant Godfrey comes to the conclusion that Westrope is working on him in a stretch run. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Apr. 14/1 Backers of Sollure had no worries all through the stretch run. 1949 Time 10 Oct. 42/2 They had less reason to thank their own bats than the batty stretch-run performance of the Cardinals. 1972 N.Y. Times 4 June v. 1/4 Shortly after the field hit the stretch turn, Run the Gantlet moved into the lead position. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 2 e/1 Craig's Corner, a 7-year-old gelding, won the Carolina Cup steeplechase at Camden, S.C., with a strong stretch run before a race record crowd of 30,000-plus. 1979 Internat. Herald Tribune 31 Oct. 23/3 It would be the clubhouse turn in the United States, but this was the Vaal Racing Club in the Orange Free State of South Africa, where the horses run clockwise, so it was really the stretch turn. < as lemmas |
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