英语词汇“the rails”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. Horse Racing, etc. (frequently as the rails). The fence or railing forming the boundary of a racetrack, esp. the inside boundary; (hence) a position close to this. Also in figurative context.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > parts of

rail1830

stretch1895

outer1915

infield1923

1830 Times 27 Sept. 6/2 Just as the horses got to the distance post, a poor fellow, who evidently must have thought that they had all gone by, ran from underneath the rails on the course.

1863 Horse-racing ii. ii. 120 Sheffielders..thought nothing..of walking through the night to Doncaster, [and] taking up a good position next the rails, which they never quitted from 10 to 5.

1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. I. 57/1 His nerve was of iron, and he never hesitated to take the inside of the turn and hug the rails at Tattenham Corner.

1931 Daily Express 21 Sept. 15/4 Smirke followed the Wootton tradition and secured the rails.

1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 18 June Triple S. stuck to the rail on Barrie Raceway's half-mile track two weeks ago and won the Honorable Earl Rowe Invitational pace.

2007 Racing Post (Nexis) 21 Apr. 95 The dog's odds would be much shorter if he was boxed closer to the inside rail.

单词	the rails
释义	> as lemmas the rails f. Horse Racing, etc. (frequently as the rails). The fence or railing forming the boundary of a racetrack, esp. the inside boundary; (hence) a position close to this. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > parts of rail1830 stretch1895 outer1915 infield1923 1830 Times 27 Sept. 6/2 Just as the horses got to the distance post, a poor fellow, who evidently must have thought that they had all gone by, ran from underneath the rails on the course. 1863 Horse-racing ii. ii. 120 Sheffielders..thought nothing..of walking through the night to Doncaster, [and] taking up a good position next the rails, which they never quitted from 10 to 5. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. I. 57/1 His nerve was of iron, and he never hesitated to take the inside of the turn and hug the rails at Tattenham Corner. 1931 Daily Express 21 Sept. 15/4 Smirke followed the Wootton tradition and secured the rails. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 18 June Triple S. stuck to the rail on Barrie Raceway's half-mile track two weeks ago and won the Honorable Earl Rowe Invitational pace. 2007 Racing Post (Nexis) 21 Apr. 95 The dog's odds would be much shorter if he was boxed closer to the inside rail. extracted from railn.² < as lemmas
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