| 单词 | target man |
| 释义 | > as lemmastarget man target man n. †(a) a man armed with a target (obsolete); (b) U.S. a signal-man who works signalling targets: see sense 4d; (c) Association Football (see quot. 1978). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > man wearing armour > [noun] > man armed with shield targeter1382 paviserc1425 pavisec1500 target man1555 targeteera1593 targeman?17.. hypaspista1827 society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > signalman signalman1836 target mana1884 towerman1895 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > player > types of marksman1927 marker1928 stopper1934 full back1958 sweeper1964 back four1966 libero1967 clogger1970 anchorman1974 target man1975 shadow1976 anchor1984 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 55 He browght furth al his target men for feare of theyr venemous arrowes. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 810/1 Turned by the target~man by means of a hand-lever. 1974 Times 23 Feb. 14/8 Even eight, nine and ten-year-olds these days are taught by games masters in terms of ‘striker’, ‘target player’..and the rest.] 1975 Times 14 Oct. 10/2 (caption) Stuart Pearson, a target man with Manchester United. 1978 Sunday Times 28 May (Colour Suppl.) 34/4 Target man, forward, usually a large one, used in central positions where colleagues can find him with long passes, usually to his head. < as lemmas |
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