| 单词 | the eights |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Eights b. The crew of a rowing boat, consisting of eight oarsmen; a boat for eight oarsmen. the Eights: boat-races at the University of Oxford and elsewhere between the boats of the different colleges, which take place in the Summer Term; also the (..) eight: the eight-oar crew of any society chosen to represent it in races. Hence Eights Week. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman > crew of 4- or 8-oared boat eight1847 four1861 trial eight1873 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > for specific number of rowers a pair of oars1598 ten1642 four-oar1844 pair-oar1853 six-oar1856 two-oar1857 four1861 sixern1866 gig-pair1869 pair1885 eight1898 1847 Illustr. London News 28 Aug. 142/1 I rowed in a fairish ‘eight’. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. i. 6 He..could not be persuaded to be one of the University eight. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 May 6/1 (Oxf. Notes) Tomorrow the eights week will come to an end. 1896 Daily News 20 Jan. 5/1 After leaving..Oxford, where he rowed in the eight, he took a curacy at Fulham. 1898 S. Le Blanc-Smith in W. A. Morgan The ‘House’ on Sport 302 It is more difficult to obtain eight such men than to obtain four, added to which the eight being the heavier boat..greater rigidity is necessitated in the thowl-pin. 1908 Daily Chron. 21 May 4/6 Oxford has every right to distinguish her annual inter-college races..as ‘The Eights’. 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson vi. 81 Isn't it a lovely day for the Eights? 1926 J. Buchan in Mod. Short Stories, Far Islands 196 In his first year he rowed seven in the Eight. 1955 Times 6 June 7/7 I noticed in your issue of May 30 your Eights Week chart... You record a double overbump... I should like to know whether this feat has ever been accomplished before in Eights? 1955 Times 25 July 3/6 Beaumont College, who won their juniors at Molesey a week ago, followed it up by winning the junior-senior eights. 1962 Times 13 Feb. 4/6 They have offered to build a racing eight by the hot~moulded effort. < as lemmas |
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