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单词 after-game
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after-gamen.adj.

Brit. /ˈɑːftəˌɡeɪm/, /ˈaftəˌɡeɪm/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌɡeɪm/
Forms: see after- prefix and game n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, game n.
Etymology: < after- prefix + game n.
A. n. Now rare.
1.
a. A second or subsequent game, played esp. in order to overturn an earlier loss; a return match, a rematch. Also: a later game. Frequently figurative.
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of
all comersc1450
after-gamea1500
fore-game1594
revenge1616
plate1639
set-to1743
return match1753
bye1754
scrub-race1791
anybody's game (also race, match)1826
return1834
barney1843
bonspiel1858
handicap1861
pennant1865
home-and-home1868
benefit match1871
run-off1873
international1877
American tournament1878
Grand Prix1879
single1884
friendly1885
all-comers1889
pair1890
championship1893
round robin1894
replay1895
Olympiad1896
junior varsity1902
lightning tournament1903
rematch1903
road trip1903
pickup1905
freestyle1906
marathon1908
test1908
Derby1909
scrimmage1910
eliminator1911
twosome1911
triala1914
quadrangular1916
slug-fest1916
varsity match1921
needle contest1922
curtain jerker1923
needle match1923
open1926
needle fight1927
knock-out1928
shirt1930
masters1933
pro-amateur1934
tune-up1934
World Cup1934
pro-am1937
state1941
sizzler1942
runathon1943
mismatch1954
run-out1955
match-up1959
squeaker1961
triple-header1961
Super Bowl1967
invitational1968
needle game1970
major1976
slobberknocker1986
a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 523 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 99 (MED) He leseth his after game, That surely cannot sette his poyntes double.
1568 D. Lindsay Kitteis Confessioun in Wks. (1931) I. 124 The curate..began hir to exempne; He was best at the efter game.
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 68v Tweare ouer-sight in that at which we ayme, To put the hazard on an after game.
1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 3 Losing by a strange aftergame of folly, all the battels we have wonne.
1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis v. 61 If we compare our now-being with the state of inactivity we were deliver'd from, It may then be call'd an After-Game of the divine Goodnesse.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. xviii. 159 When Satans Designs do not take to spoil the Duties,..he then seeks to play an after-game.
1713 J. Addison Cato iii. 39 Our first Design, my Friend, has proved abortive; Still there remains an After-game to play.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 762 What can after-games Of riper joys, and commerce with the world..Add to such erudition?
1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives V. lxxxiii. 65 When this famous conference..was ended,..I played an aftergame of no small moment.
1838 J. S. Knowles Woman's Wit iii. i. 43 Ambition?.. No; that's an after-game. There's one we play Before.
1846 Chess Player's Chron. 7 96 Taking the K B P, with his Kt—a sacrifice, as he demonstrated in an after game, which leads to many strikingly beautiful situations.
1911 F. F. Ayer Bell & Wing 721 Despair To leave her there For me if I came With my aftergame.
b. figurative. A scheme implemented in order to retrieve something lost, esp. one's reputation. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > course adopted to achieve an end > adopted after failure
after-game1596
1596 A. Bacon Let. May in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Elizabethan Eng. (1974) I. 228 Without my watchfullness & painefull patience he would haue chaunced vppon some blott wherby to haue made an after-game.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd2 It beinge extreame harde to plaie an after game of reputation. View more context for this quotation
1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. To Rdr. 1 Apologies are ever read with Jelousie: and they are indeed but after-games at Reputation.
1723 D. Waterland 2nd Vindic. Christ's Divinity v. 209 Those who having espoused a bad cause, have an After-game to play for their own reputation.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Ressource,..the means..of a man's recovering himself from his fall or ruin; or an after-game for repairing his damages.
1814 Examiner 2 Oct. 635/2 He [sc. Napoleon] had an after-game to play—a game which..would place him again in that elevated situation.
1848 G. E. Jewsbury Half Sisters xxxiii. 308 But, alas! an after-game of love is harder even than an after-game of reputation.
2. A strategy adopted in certain table games, esp. in a game of Irish (Irish n. 4), whereby a player chooses not to attack in the earlier part of the game, awaiting an opportunity for more effective action at a later stage. Frequently in extended use. Opposed to fore-game n. Cf. waiting game n. at waiting n.1 Compounds 3. Obsolete.In the game of Irish, a strategy of this type was considered particularly difficult to implement.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > actions or positions
lympoldingc1350
blot1598
after-game1601
why-nota1612
non-pass1688
hit1766
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. l. sig. Nn6v Like an after game at Irish, that is wonne and lost diuers times in an instant.
1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. i. sig. Hv Many a time and often, when a Cause Has prooued like an after-game at Irish.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 29 Since Life is but as a Game at Tables, if the fore-game be not to thy wish; neither whine nor Curse, but rowse thy care to an after-Game.
1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xxviii. 159 Sometimes it is good going over into your Adversaries [Tick-Tack] Tables , but it is best for an After-game.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 208 The Huntsman should therefore be..good at both Fore and After Game.
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 337 She knew she might play an after-game; and could easily relax by degrees from the severity of her chastity.
B. adj. Originally and chiefly U.S.
= after-match adj. at after- prefix 3. Cf. post-match adj. at post- prefix 2a(a)(i).
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adjective] > pre- or post-game
after-game1904
pregame1913
post-game1934
1904 Boston Daily Globe 20 Nov. 1/2 No Harvard man is seriously injured; after-game dinner for the Crimson not a gloomy one.
1928 Bee (Danville, Va.) 13 Oct. 6/4 Virginia's Cavaliers..had visions of an after game celebration.
1963 N.Y. Herald Tribune 26 Sept. 20/1 Tailgate picnics take over for the football season. After game parties have lost their importance.
1991 M. R. Zubro Sorry Now? 32 The Cubs had a home game that afternoon, and Turner and Fenwick got caught in the after-game traffic.
2005 V. Bennett-Butcher From Veronica with Love xi. 98 I still did the scoring at all the cricket matches and held the after game parties at my house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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