| 单词 | broughton's mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBroughton's mark 29. The object at which a blow or thrust is aimed. In Boxing slang: the pit of the stomach (also †Broughton's mark [ < the name of John Broughton (1705–89), English boxer] ). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > object of attack mark1747 target1921 1747 J. Godfrey Treat. Useful Sci. Def. 6 The smaller his [sc. a fencer's] mark is, the harder it is for him to hit. 1747 J. Godfrey Treat. Useful Sci. Def. 57 Gretting had the nearest Way of going to the Stomach (which is what they [sc. pugilists] call the Mark) of any Man I knew. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Mark (ring), the pit of the stomach is termed ‘the mark’, and ‘Broughton's mark’. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro lxxxviii I happened to hit Tom, of Hopton, in the mark, as he was coming in, so that he lost his wind. 1903 P. G. Wodehouse Tales of St. Austin's 157 Charteris..‘swung his right at the mark’. The ‘mark’..is that portion of the anatomy which lies hid behind the third button of the human waistcoat. It covers—in a most inadequate way—the wind. 1933 C. St. J. Sprigg Fatality in Fleet St. ix. 110 His fist had caught the private secretary very hard on the ‘mark’. < as lemmas |
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