单词 | to cut the gold |
释义 | > as lemmasto cut the gold P10. Archery to make a gold: to hit the bullseye. to cut the gold: (of an arrow) to lie across the gold of the target; (also) to land in the gold portion of the target. Cf. A. 7. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > practise archery [verb (intransitive)] > hit centre of target to cleave the pin1590 to make a gold1877 1877 Archer's Reg. 1876–7 iii. 49 £1 for the best end at 80 yards, won by Mr Fryer, who made a gold, a red, and a blue. 1879 M. Thompson & W. H. Thompson How to train in Archery x. 52 An arrow is said to cut the gold when in falling short it apparently drops across the gold. 1901 Archer's Reg. 1900–1901 267 Once or twice at our meetings he made three golds. 1923 Boys' Life Nov. 39/2 Cut the gold, when an arrow in falling short appears to drop across the gold in the target. 1960 T. A. Forbes New Guide Better Archery 71 Bolts must cut the Gold to score. < as lemmas |
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