单词 | to play back |
释义 | > as lemmasto play back to play back 1. intransitive. Cricket. Of the batter: to move backwards before striking the ball; to hit or attempt to hit the ball from close to the wicket, with the foot closest to the wicket bearing most of the weight of the body. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > types of batting to play back1816 to step in1837 to play forward1851 to run out1858 slog1869 hang one's bat out to dry1895 to force the game1897 to farm the strike1901 to sit on (or upon) the splice1906 1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 32 If..the Striker intends to play back he should step with in [sic] 17 inches of the wicket..playing well on the Ball. 1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 169 In playing back to a fast bowler, the thing to remember is, that there is very little time to make the stroke, the margin of error being exceedingly small. 1955 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 June 12/4 He played back to a well-flighted off-break..which rapped him on the pads. 1977 Times 19 Dec. 8/2 Boycott..played back to a ball which pitched on the middle stump and hit the off. 2004 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 20 May 54 Uthup went on to pass 50 before playing back to a ball which kept low. 2. transitive. To reproduce or play (sounds or images) shortly after recording, esp. to monitor quality; to replay. Cf. sense 21c. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > make recording [verb (transitive)] > play back replay1922 to play back1932 1932 Times Educ. Suppl. 1 Oct. 372/4 The record was ‘played back’ to him, and an expression of amazement dawned on his face. 1934 B.B.C. Year-bk. 419 The ability to play-back a wax before processing is of great assistance in making records of running commentaries. 1958 Listener 4 Dec. 921/1 Having read what history books have to say about this person..he can play back as much of it as suits him as The Confessions of—for example—Judas Maccabaeus. 1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder xiii. 150 I've said no already. If you like I'll put it on tape and you can play it back to yourself. 1994 New Yorker 2 May 64/1 When you hear a song inside your head, are you playing back a mental tape you made when you first heard the song? 2005 Manila Standard (Nexis) 15 Feb. Programs, documents, images, music and even entire TV episodes or movies..can be played back on a computer. < as lemmas |
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