| 单词 | to sit on the splice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit on (or upon) the splice c. Cricket. The v-shaped tang of a bat-handle, which forms a joint with the blade; the joint itself. Also in slang phrase to sit on (or upon) the splice, to play a cautious defensive game. 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 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > equipment > [noun] > bat > parts of pod1828 splice1906 under-edge1960 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer ii. 44 The spliced handle was a later development, and some of the earliest splices were of ash. 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer App. II. 352 To sit upon the splice, to play with too much caution, to deliberately refrain from scoring. 1912 Daily Mirror 9 July 14/2 Vidler sat icily on the splice, playing the right game and keeping up an end while Crutchley got runs. 1926 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. Lord Hawke added the opinion that if there was the will to play the game and not to sit on the splice..we should see the matches brought to a conclusion. 1927 Punch 26 Jan. 108/1 ‘I don't think you're helping the score at all,’ I protested. ‘You're just sitting on your splice and leaving it all to me.’ 1928 Daily Tel. 7 Feb. 16/1 Stevens played the correct game by sitting on the splice for the first few overs. 1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 195/1 Cricketers who bought a new bat treated it almost with reverence... They oiled every part of it, except the handle and splice. 1963 A. Ross Australia 63 iii. 79 Dexter, hooking at him, nearly returned a gentle catch off the splice. 1968 L. Frewin Best of Cricket's Fiction II. 267 There was a business-like look about him, the air of one who without being the least downhearted or inclined to sit upon the splice, was yet determined to take no foolish risks. < as lemmas |
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