| 单词 | to play a straight bat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play a straight bat b. Cricket. Of the bat: Held so as not to incline to either side. Frequently in to play a straight bat and variants. Also figurative. Hence, straight play, play with the bat held straight. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of batting blocking1637 quilting1822 defence1825 cutting1827 forward play1828 defensive1832 swiping1833 back-cutting1842 straight play1843 back play1844 sticking1873 leg play1877 off-driving1884 gallery-hitting1888 goose game1899 straight driving1904 stroke-play1905 pad play1906 on-driving1948 stroke-making1956 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adjective] > held straight (of bat) straight1843 1843 ‘Wykhamist’ Pract. Hints Cricket 7 The secret of all good Batting..is the playing with a straight or upright Bat. 1851 W. Clarke Pract. Hints on Cricket in E. V. Lucas Hambledon Men (1907) 167 By the handle of the bat being nearer the bowler than the blade (always bearing in mind to keep it straight), the ball will be prevented from rising. 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field iii. 36 [He] always insisted on keeping the left elbow well up; in other words, on straight play. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 219/2 [article Cricket] ‘How beautifully straight his bat is!’ is a remark often made about a good batsman. As a matter of fact ‘upright’ would be a more correct term than ‘straight’, but ‘straight’ is the almost invariable epithet. 1944 E. Blunden Cricket Country vii. 79 He simply played the straight-bat game. 1973 Times 11 June 13/7 The British too..owed much of their greatness to their own self-esteem, and to the legend of straight bat, stiff upper lip, probity and detachment. 1975 Times 1 Dec. 5/1 Mr Wilson and Mr Callaghan intend to play a straight bat at the EEC conference. 1979 ‘J. le Carré’ Smiley's People (1980) xiv. 164 When it came to the big stuff he always played a straight bat. < as lemmas |
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