单词 | to keep a clean sheet |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep a clean sheet b. In competitive sports: an instance or the fact of having maintained an unbeaten record, or of having conceded no goals, points, etc., to the opposition in a match, contest, etc. Frequently (esp. of a goalkeeper) in to keep a clean sheet. ΚΠ 1899 N.Y. Times 26 Oct. 8/7 The [bowling] team turned out a score of 946, due to the splendid work of McLean and Gross. The latter had a clean sheet for a total of 233. 1917 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 31 Mar. 8/5 The Junior basket ball team won another game last Saturday and thus kept a clean sheet for the year. 1931 Times 21 Mar. 4/6 Neither was seriously troubled in the fourth round fights, and each had a clean sheet when they met in the last fight of the pool to decide the title. 1987 S. O'Brien Frighteners 60 An amateur Norwegian goalie Whose name I'm afraid I've forgotten Has kept a clean sheet for three years. 1996 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Mar. 19 Wright scored two late tries in a 20-0 win. ‘It was particularly satisfying to keep a clean sheet against them,’ says Wright, who remembers some of the finest Widnes sides struggling to come away from The Boulevard with any reward. 2001 M. Breheny & D. Keenan Ultimate Encycl. Gaelic Football & Hurling 83/3 Geraghty became Galway's regular goalkeeper in 1964 and was a member of the team which won three All-Ireland medals in a row in 1964, '65 and '66, keeping a clean sheet in all three semi-finals. < as lemmas |
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