| 单词 | to come up to scratch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come up to (the) scratch a. Sport. A line or mark drawn as an indication of a boundary or starting-point; †in Cricket, a ‘crease’ (obsolete); in Pugilism, the line drawn across the ring, to which boxers are brought for an encounter. Hence in various phrases (often figurative), as to come up to (the) scratch, up to the required standard; to bring to the scratch, to toe the scratch, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > starting or finishing mark > starting mark score1513 starting place1570 goal1589 barrier1600 lists1601 starting post1631 scratch1772 starting line1812 mark1887 start line1908 gate1928 mobile1969 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > crease crease1752 popping crease1752 scratch1772 return crease1774 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > ring > line drawn across ring scratch1830 the world > action or operation > ability > able, capable, or competent [phrase] > fit or competent to come up to (the) scratch1843 up to snuff1906 1772 Noble Game of Cricket in Kentish Gaz. 22 Aug. 4/1 Ye strikers..Stand firm to your scratch, let your bat be upright. 1821 John Bull 7 Jan. 29/3 He started a few seconds before the time and came up in speed to the scratch at the moment appointed. 1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 655/2 No prudent champion, however game, would have chosen to offer himself to the scratch for a second round. 1843 C. Dickens Let. 17 June (1974) III. 513 Pray, as a Member of the Committee, come up to the Scratch. 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall II. xi. 202 Your uncle and aunt have long been wanting us to go there, you know; but somehow, there's such a repulsion between the good lady and me, that I never could bring myself up to the scratch. 1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother xiii. 156 The Vicar..was meditating a fresh one [sc. attempt], if..he could bring his churchwarden up to the scratch. 1881 Sportsman's Year-bk. 37 [Pigeon shooting rules.] 21. In Shooting Matches..The shooter is bound in his turn to appear at the scratch within five minutes when called upon. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 41 Some eight or ten toed the scratch, and I won very easily. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married in Doctor's Dilemma 226 It's about the wedding... We cant get our man up to the scratch. Cecil has locked himself in his room and wont see or speak to any one. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days ix. 142 If they won't come up to scratch you can always get hold of the ringleaders and give them a good bambooing on the Q.T. 1953 D. Garnett Golden Echo vi. 133 All Edward's friends were mobilised and came loyally up to scratch. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. viii. 164 Those of us who had pretensions to brain Maurice brought up to scratch by loosing on them the full force of his personality. 1978 Taxi 16 Feb. 11/4 (advt.) Cold weather can cause you a lot of problems if your cab's electrics aren't up to scratch. < as lemmas |
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