单词 | christie |
释义 | christien. Skiing. More fully christie swing, christie turn. A type of turn made with the skis more or less in parallel, used to change direction or stop short. Cf. Christiania n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > ski [verb (intransitive)] > turn telemark1901 stem1904 telemark1911 christie1920 stem turn1922 christie1925 snow-plough1928 stem-Christie1936 wedeln1961 to hang a left1967 slalom1973 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > actions of skier > types of turn telemark1901 snow-ploughing1904 stemming1904 Christiania1905 snow-plough1905 kick-turn1910 christie1920 stem-Christiania1922 stem turn1922 jump turn1924 stem-Christie1936 wedeln1957 wedeling1977 parallel1985 1920 A. Lunn Cross-country Ski-ing iv. 68 There are nine and ninety things Which are nicknamed Christi swings. 1925 E. Hemingway In our Time (1926) xii. 160 It's a good fast drop with a Christy at the bottom on account of a fence. 1938 Times 26 Jan. 15/6 Higher up they are doing ‘snow plough turning’, ‘stem turn’, and ‘Christies’. 1995 D. Wicks Making Tracks ii. 65 In christie turns, both skis are made to skid. 2007 Skiing Heritage Sept. 9/1 The christie was the world's first quick and easy stop-turn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). christiev. Skiing. intransitive. To perform a christie turn. Cf. christie n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > ski [verb (intransitive)] > turn telemark1901 stem1904 telemark1911 christie1920 stem turn1922 christie1925 snow-plough1928 stem-Christie1936 wedeln1961 to hang a left1967 slalom1973 1925 E. Hemingway Cross-country Snow in Transatlantic Rev. Jan. 634 George was coming down in telemark position, kneeling... ‘I was afraid to Christy’, George said, ‘the snow was too deep’. 1935 Punch 13 Feb. 176/1 Now suppose you were travelling left-handed down and across a slope and Satan prompted you to christie to the right. 1985 D. Morrell Brotherhood of Rose (new ed.) i. i. 13 He christied left, then right Sensing the slope ease off, he streaked across a straightaway. 2000 J. Alexander Command Performance i. 8 The Norwegian boys took us skiing, shushing the powder off the slopes as they ‘christied’ effortlessly ahead of us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920v.1925 |
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