| 单词 | to run up the score |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run up the score c. transitive. Sport. To accumulate (a specified number of points, runs, etc.). to run up the score: (U.S.) to accumulate points needlessly when one is already in a dominant position. ΚΠ 1842 Era 12 June The gentlemen of Cambridge went in first, and ran up a score of 139, whilst the Oxford only obtained 63. 1895 Outing Oct. 84/1 Harvard had played the Chicago Athletic Club..and had run up twenty-four points in the first half. 1899 Leeds Mercury 21 Mar. 10/6 Dawson..ran up a break of 64 before failing at an easy middle pocket loser from baulk. 1934 Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) 8 Oct. (Sports section) 9/3 The Teachers ran up 40 points against Western State while holding the Mountaineers scoreless. 1955 Times 25 Aug. 3/3 The South Africans ran up 467 runs for the loss of eight wickets. 1989 Sports Illustr. 18 Dec. 73/3 It seemed strange last Saturday to hear Wildcat guard Derrick Miller accuse Kansas coach Roy Williams of running up the score. 1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. viii. 2/1 What would we gain by trying to run the score up on them when we have to play them twice a year every year? 2005 C. Krige Right Place at Wrong Time xii. 206 But then we went to Leicester, and they ran up 30 points against us. < as lemmas |
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