| 单词 | to get one's blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get (also win, etc.) one's blue b. The award made to someone participating in such a match; frequently in to get (also win, etc.) one's blue.Formerly also used in some public schools (originally Harrow and Eton).Often with modifying word specifying the sport in which the distinction has been won (as cricket blue, hockey blue, rowing blue, etc.): see also the first element. ΚΠ 1881 Cambr. Rev. 30 Mar. 263/2 We congratulate G. F. Grace on getting his ‘blue’ for the mile. 1883 Standard 19 June 3/8 He has..received his ‘blue’. 1884 Q. Rev. No. 316. 485 What [Eton] boy who has ‘won his blue’, and is chosen one of the proud..body who are to contend at Lord's,..does not [etc.]. 1908 Bookman Mar. 25/1 Miss Ellis won her ‘Blue’ for hockey..when she was an undergraduate at Lady Margaret Hall. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. i. 34 He..had come within appreciable distance of getting his rowing blue. 1990 Times 22 Nov. 14/3 He first achieved fame in the service as a sportsman, winning his swimming ‘blue’ for the RAF after the war. 2008 Oxf. Wine Company Mag. Summer 5/2 Heather is also a keen sports woman having gained blues at cricket and hockey at university. < as lemmas |
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