| 单词 | cage fight |
| 释义 | > as lemmascage fight d. Originally in professional wrestling: an enclosure in which an organized fight takes place. Frequently attributive, as cage fight, cage match, etc. Cf. cage fighting n. (b) at Additions. ΚΠ 1958 Los Angeles Times 26 Feb. c3 (heading) Wrestlers mix inside ‘cage’ at Olympic tonight... A unique atmosphere of having the inside of the ring encircled by a 6-foot-high chicken-wire fence. 1962 Winnipeg Free Press 30 June 50/1 (heading) Wrestling... Main event—No time limit cage match. 1978 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 17 July 49 (advt.) Steel cage bout! ‘No holds barred.’ 1987 Pacific Stars & Stripes 7 June 29/1 The scene..looked more like a professional wrestling cage fight on stateside late night television than a martial arts bout. 1989 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 2 Sept. 7 The various cage fighters are played by champions in the various martial arts. 2000 Sunday Tel. (Mass.) (Nexis) 13 Aug. b5 He prefers to be in a cage when fighting, because a fighter is guaranteed not to get tossed out of the ring. 2007 S. Sheridan Fighter's Heart 52 There is a notorious image of him from a cage fight in Canada, in which he is covered in blood. < as lemmas |
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