| 单词 | striker-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstriker-out b. One who ‘strikes’ fish with a spear or harpoon (also †striker-out). Also U.S. (see quot. 1891). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using spear spear-fisher1449 spear-fisherman1449 striker1697 spearman1815 gaff-man1875 grainer1894 spear-gunner1951 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 39 We..kept our Moskito-men, or strikers out, who brought aboard some half-grown Tortoise. a1821 C. Biddle Autobiogr. (1883) i. 16 We touched at the Mosquito Shore, and hired one of the Indians they call a striker, that is, a man to supply the crew with fish, turtle [etc.]. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 47 The natives are excellent hunters and strikers of fish. 1891 Cent. Dict. Striker, In the menhaden-fishery (a) The man who manages the striker-boat. (b) A green hand who works at low wages while learning the business, but is one of the crew of a vessel. striker-out f. Tanning. One who smooths and stretches skins either by hand or by means of a machine. Also striker-out. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with skins or hides > [noun] > worker with leather > who smoothes or stretches staker1897 striker-out1921 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §338 Striker, striker-out, (i) lays wet hide or skin on a slate or marble slab or table, and rubs it with a hard ‘slicker’ tool, of stone or steel, to stretch it, drive out excess of moisture, smooth it, and to close grain; (ii) sets rollers of a machine..in motion..and passes skin or hide between revolving rollers. 1972 Classif. of Occup. (Dept. Employment) III. 24/2 Finishing machine operator... Other titles include..Striker. striker-out 4. In various games: The player who is to ‘strike’; occasionally the player who has made a stroke. In Association Football and Hockey, a forward whose main function is to seek to score goals. In Rugby = hooker n.1 6. Also striker-out in Real Tennis, etc. the one who plays the ball when first served. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > player > types of striker1699 kicker1829 non-striker1842 feeder1844 stopper1847 defender1851 hand-in1875 hand-out1875 back1880 attacker1884 field general1895 ball carrier1902 ball-handler1912 ball-winner1972 shotmaker1974 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > player or participant tennis-playerc1440 stopper1548 ketchepillar1568 tenniser1579 striker-out1699 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > types of player field1816 fielder1824 defender1851 scrimmager1877 attacker1884 tackler1891 shooter1901 passer1905 right wing1908 ball hawk1917 screener1923 striker1963 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1699 Country Gentleman's Vade-mecum 55 (Tennis) Squire A. is a good Striker-out, but Squire B. is a better Back~hand. 1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket i. 5 Stiff Spectators quite inactive stand, Speechless, attending to the Striker's Hand. 1773 in Waghorn's Cricket Scores (1899) 95 Simmons standing so near the strikers, greatly intimidated the Hampshire gentlemen. 1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 29 If at these [short] kind of balls the Striker plays back about two feet behind the popping crease..it will afford him a little more time to judge how the Ball is coming. 1862 N.Y. Sunday Mercury 13 July 6/2 The Excelsiors led off, Young being their first striker, and he sent the ball flying to left field. 1866 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiard Bk. iii. 18 In making your stroke, an instantaneous glance will be sufficient—a glance that rises from the Striker's-ball to the Object-ball. 1874 H. Chadwick Base Ball Man. 52 The striker at the bat is called the batsman or ‘striker’ until he has hit a fair ball. 1884 J. Marshall's Tennis Cuts 14 The Server may not take a bisque after a fault; but the Striker~out may do so. 1891 W. G. Grace Cricket viii. 235 It is the striker's duty to call [for a run] if the ball is hit in front of the wicket. 1963 J. Greaves Soccer vii. 73 If John White or another Spurs' player is bringing the ball up..I move into a position ready to race through and be first to the ball when he pushes it forward. It is the ball goal-strikers dream of. 1963 J. Greaves Soccer vii. 74 Remember, the striker never takes it for granted..he goes after the ball on every occasion. 1973 Daily Mail 24 July 27/1 John White, Bristol's 30-year-old reserve hooker,..replaces ex-Coventry striker John Gray. 1974 M. Weir Women's Hockey for Seventies 96 Before the ball is hit the right striker is sprinting out to the right wing and the right wing is cutting into the space she has made. 1974 M. Weir Women's Hockey for Seventies 8 It is confusing for a defence to have to cater for elusive strikers. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia 257/2 The striker does not have to run after he has hit the ball. 1980 Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 34/3 Wales, without Chester striker Ian Rush, could not break down the Irish defence. < as lemmas |
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