| 单词 | to take centre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take centre c. Cricket. The guard (guard n. 3b) taken by a batter defending the middle stump with the bat. Esp. in to take centre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > positions guard1843 middle1866 middle guard1871 centre1883 middle and leg1904 two-eyed stance1924 1883 Wrexham Advertiser, & N. Wales News 10 Mar. 3/4 The men who have to go through..a quarter-of-an-hour taking centre,..and out the first ball, are not the men to show good cricket. 1887 Cricket 24 Nov. 460/1 Miss Rogers..fell when taking ‘centre’. 1923 E. W. Hornung Old Offenders 250 He waited by the umpire while Chrystal took centre. 1973 B. Richards On Cricket i. 18 If you have trouble outside the off stump, take centre; if you do not, then take leg stump. 2010 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 77 Ryan Harris strode to the crease, took centre, did not offer a shot and was struck on the pads. < as lemmas |
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