| 单词 | test match |
| 释义 | > as lemmastest match test match n. a match or game played to test which is the better of two players or teams; Cricket any one of a series of international representative matches played between two countries (originally applied to matches between England and Australia); Rugby (originally South African) any one of a series of matches between a touring team and a team representing the country of the tour; an international.Early cricketing uses are in the general sense; the modern application to international representative matches dates from the mid 1890s and was officially adopted by the M.C.C. in 1898. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > type of match test match1857 test1933 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > [noun] > cricket-match > types of match county match1748 test match1857 bowler's (or bowlers') match1863 goose match1885 cricket test1907 test1908 runathon1932 one-dayer1985 1857 Illustr. London News 24 Oct. 418/2 [Chess] Mr Pau Morphy, of New Orleans,..intends to challenge the victor to play a test match for a considerable stake. 1861 Empire (Sydney) 31 Dec. 5/3 [Cricket] The match [between two teams of players seeking to represent New South Wales] has been looked on as a kind of test match. 1862 W. J. Hammersley Victorian Cricketer's Guide 1861–2 159 Of the thirteen matches, five only can be termed ‘test matches’; the three played at Melbourne, and the two played at Sydney. 1889 John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack (ed. 26) 162 There was a considerable amount of anxiety as to the result of the first of the three great test matches. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 5/1 Not far below his big test-match average. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 5/3 Two test-match records were broken during the day. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 Aug. 2/3 Until the year 1894 no one had ever heard of a ‘Test’ match, but..since that time we have been accustomed thus to speak of an England v. Australia match. 1924 Times 15 Aug. 5/4 The British team for the first Rugby Football Test Match on Saturday will be selected [in S. Africa]. 1933 M. Nicholls in I. D. Difford Hist. S. Afr. Rugby Football xxiv. 335 We won this fourth Test match by 13 points to 5, and squared the rubber. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 458/2 Rugby League football... The three principal Test-match series stand as follows. < as lemmas |
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