单词 | winner |
释义 | winnern. One who or that which wins, in various senses. 1. One who gains something, esp. by effort or merit; spec. one who gets (a living) by labour, an earner (obsolete or dialect except in breadwinner n.); †one who makes profit, as by trading; †one who ‘wins’ (corn), a harvester, reaper (figurative). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one earning a living winner1352 providerc1485 bread earner1602 breadwinner1783 bread artist1827 daily-breader1872 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-making > one who makes profit winner1352 money-makera1450 gainer1538 profit taker1552 proficiary1621 profiter1683 superlucrator1683 money machine1833 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower reapmanOE reaperOE mower1225 shearer1318 puller1332 winner1352 repstera1450 harvestman1552 scytheman1577 harvester1589 sickler1638 messor1656 cradler1766 grass mower1779 thraver1813 reapa1825 bagger1844 cradle-man1889 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > earning money > earning one's living > one who winner1352 earner1602 1352 Winner & Waster 194 ‘Ȝee wynnere’, quod wastoure, ‘thi wordes are vayne: With oure festes and oure fare we feden the pore.’ 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 222 Webbesters and walkers and wynners with handen. c1456 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 235 Robberys now rewle ryȝtwysenesse, And wynnerys with her sothe sawe. c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 860 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 25 Of goddis corne wynnare to be. 1483 Cath. Angl. 420/1 A Wynner, lucrificus. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xixv He that byeth grosse sale and retayleth must nedes be a wynnar. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxiii. 21 No flie therby winner, the worth of a straw. 1593 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 85 Knawin..to be wynneris of thair leving be sum honest moyen. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iv. 173 Whereas Religion is the greatest winner of mens affections. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 257 The winner of a title generally deserves it. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 617 The Major was disengaged too, and swore he would be the winner of her. 1876 C. Dilke in S. Gwynn & G. M. Tuckwell Life Sir C. W. Dilke (1917) I. xiii. 197 Holker..a great winner of verdicts from juries, was one of the dullest men. 1911 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Lighter Side Irish Life i. 6 A woman, a careless winner of the hearts of men. 2. One who is victorious in a contest; a victor; esp. one who wins a game, a race, a prize, etc.; spec. a horse, dog, etc. that wins a race; in games of skill, the ‘piece’ that is nearest to a certain point, a winning shot, etc.; colloquial a thing that scores a success; a potentially successful project, enterprise, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins victora1400 winnerc1485 obtainer1531 triumphera1569 first oar(s)1774 bangster1820 scorer1974 society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > winner conqueror1601 winnera1616 Olympionicesta1656 champion1721 championess1728 holder1830 champ1868 title holder1900 victor ludorum1901 titlist1912 society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > actions exchange1604 measuring cast1647 winner1811 glovework1822 piledriver1858 cockshot1861 legwork1868 footwork1871 winning stroke1884 teamwork1885 benching1904 three-sixty1927 wrong-footing1928 power play1932 major1951 sharpshooting1976 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful success1667 good thing1764 go1780 out1843 winner1913 success story1925 socko1937 gangbuster1946 bomb1954 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 68 [If he] has tynt the bataill, Tharfore he had the wrang, and the wynnare the rycht. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. D Be they wynners or loosers, Folke say alwaie, beggers shulde be no choosers. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 156 The verie Romanis selfes, victorious winneris. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 114 When cruelty and lenitie play for a Kingdome, The gentlest gamester is the sooner winner. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 192 'Twas I wonne the wager, though you hit the white, And being a winner, God giue you good night. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. v. 15 Sir, the Euent Is yet to name the winner . View more context for this quotation 1667 Leathermore: Advice conc. Gaming (1668) 10 It is not deny'd but most Gamesters have at one time or other a considerable run of winning, but..I could never hear of the Man that gave over a winner, (I mean to give over, as never to play again). 1710 Act 9 Anne c. 19 §2 It shall..be lawful..for any Person..to..recover the same [money],..with Costs..against such Winner. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 167 A leal shot ettled at the cock, Which shov'd the winner by. 1811 J. Ramsay Acct. Game Curling 9 The stone nearest the tee..is called the winner. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxx. 261 At length the play came to an end, and Mr. Isaac List rose the only winner. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 371 Winners of the First Prizes. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xix I'd ridden seven great winners before I was eighteen. 1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 83 It is..unfair to the winner, to tell him that he won only because you ‘had a bad mallet’. 1876 Coursing Cal. 19 In a scrambling course, run partly out of sight, the early points of Moonshine doubtless landed her the winner. 1913 Play Pictorial No. 131. ⁋p. iv/1 The Alhambra has also found a winner in its curiously named [‘revue’] ‘8d. a mile’. 1934 Punch 14 Nov. 552/1 The growing function of the outlying theatres is to spot winners for the West-End. 1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven v. 66 ‘I'd like to be a land~agent... I do really think I could have made a success of it.’ ‘I'm sure you would... It sounds like a winner to me.’ 1958 Times 12 Sept. 13/1 The last crop of new ballets commissioned for the Edinburgh International Ballet company includes one winner, a near miss, and a very honourable mention. 1972 Sunday Express 9 Jan. 5/3 The warmth of wool plus good, classic styling, makes this coat a winner this winter. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 18 Nov. 4/3 Cyril Berry..must be on a winner with his latest book. 1985 Woman's Own 22 June 36/2 The actor believes that combining the strong with the sensitive is exactly what makes a man a winner—on screen and off. 3. winner-take(s)-all, attributive phrase used to denote contests or conflicts in which victory is outright or the successful competitor alone is rewarded; occasionally (without hyphens) in non-attributive use as an idiomatic sentence. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] > types of competition drawn1610 indifferent?1611 cut-throat?a1625 equal1653 runaway1797 close-run1813 neck and neck1828 tight1828 dog-eat-dog1872 winner-take(s)-all1969 two-horse1976 1969 Listener 10 Apr. 496/1 When you say war, I think that's what you mean: nations and empires clashing, and there will be one winner and one loser on clear-cut lines. I won, you lost. But here there's not supposed to be, the way I understand it, a winner-take-all-type thing. 1972 National Observer (U.S.) 27 May 5/1 Should McGovern win the June 6 California primary with its winner-take-all bag of 271 votes,..he then would be within easy range of a first-ballot nomination at the convention opening on July 10. 1972 Guardian 8 June 12/1 In California winner takes all. It will be almost impossible now to deny McGovern the nomination. 1973 Times 16 Nov. 1/1 The Government has accepted that there is no way out of a grim, winner-takes-all clash with the National Union of Mineworkers. 1976 ‘H. Carmichael’ False Evidence iv. 63 There must've been a worthwhile rakeoff... The outcome was that winner took all. 1978 A. Price '44 Vintage xxiii. 264 A winner-takes-all lottery. Draft additions 1993 ˈwinnerness n. U.S. the quality or state of being or appearing to be a winner. (Found only in the New Yorker.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > capacity of winnability1972 winnerness1976 1976 New Yorker 17 May 127/1 The candidate who looks like a ‘winner’ will get more money and other forms of help. One's ‘winnerness’ may be more important in this process than what one stands for. 1988 New Yorker 4 July 71/2 With his success Dukakis acquired ‘winnerness’: an almost mystical process. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1352 |
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