单词 | unpaced |
释义 | unpacedadj. Not paced (in various senses); (later esp.) without a pace or rate of progress set by some external means.In quot. 1686: (of a horse) not trained to pace (pace v. 4a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [adjective] > types of race well-run1601 unpaced1636 all-age1806 close-run1813 level1826 long distance1826 handicapped1828 neck and neck1828 timed1839 point-to-point1875 side by side1881 middle distance1886 paced1899 two-horse1976 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker v. i. sig. K2 To morrow wee'le survey The underminings, and unpaced greise That Mortimer, and Isabell did devise To steale their sportive daliancies in. 1686 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 67 Ane..hors..cutt tailled, wnpassed. 1823 London Mag. July 12 She'd walk th' immaculate unpaced snow And leave it printless. 1897 Daily News 17 Feb. 11/3 The principal item is a series tandem match, unpaced,..for £100. 1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 100/1 Mills also set up a new record..for the mile, standing start, unpaced. 1958 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 27 Jan. 523/2 This year has seen the conclusion of a programme of work on ‘Conditions influencing the rate of learning in paced and unpaced tasks’. 2008 T. Kenny Nuts & Bolts Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy xiv. 95 (caption) This particular rhythm is a normal, unpaced beat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1636 |
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