| 单词 | to bowl over the wicket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bowl over the wicket b. to bowl with one's head: to bowl intelligently; to bowl short: to pitch the ball short of a good length; to bowl over the wicket: to bowl with the bowling-arm nearest to the bowler's wicket; opposed to to bowl round (or formerly outside) the wicket: to bowl with the bowling-arm away from the bowler's wicket. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > manner of bowling to bowl short1851 to bowl with one's head1851 swerve1894 swing1900 dolly1963 no-ball1982 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)] > bowl in specific manner twist1816 overthrow1833 to bowl over the wicket1851 overpitch1851 bump1869 york1882 to break a ball1884 flog1884 to bowl round (or formerly outside) the wicket1887 turn1898 flick1902 curl1904 spin1904 volley1909 flight1912 to give (a ball) air1920 tweak1935 move1938 overspin1940 swing1948 bounce1960 cut1960 seam1963 dolly1985 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field ii. 20 How is it that Clarke's slow bowling is so successful?.. ‘You see, sir, they bowl with their heads.’ 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field viii. 161 Playing him back all day if he bowls short, and hitting him hard along the ground whenever he overpitches. 1854 J. Pycroft Cricket Field (ed. 2) xi. 265 Any round-armed bowler (who does not bowl ‘over the wicket’). 1887 F. Gale Game of Cricket ix. iv. 154 Learning to play a round-arm bowler, bowling round the wicket. 1893 R. Daft Kings of Cricket xiii. 230 Harrison..seems to me to bowl better ‘with his head’ than he used to formerly. 1955 Times 9 May 15/1 On Saturday he bowled over the wicket. < as lemmas |
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