单词 | golden goal |
释义 | golden goaln. 1. An ultimate or much-longed-for aim or result (sometimes one involving the accumulation of wealth).Probably not always as a fixed collocation. In early use frequently in extended metaphors based on running a race. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target markc1275 lodestarc1374 aimc1400 mete1402 pricka1450 butta1522 level1525 white marka1533 goal1540 Jack-a-Lent1553 blankc1557 scope1562 period1590 upshot1591 bird1592 golden goal1597 nick1602 quarry1615 North Star1639 huba1657 fair game1690 endgame1938 target1942 cockshot1995 1597 S. Gardiner Cognizance of True Christian ii. ix. 198 The Lord grant..that they may purchase the golden goale, of his eternall kingdome. 1618 Bp. J. Hall Righteovs Mammon 30 He hath set vp a golden goale, to which hee allowes you all to runne, but yee must keepe the beaten rode of honestie, iustice, charity, and truth. 1763 G. Colman Terræ Filius 8 July 259 The Cocoa-Tree is running a race with Arthur's towards the golden goal of St. James's. 1793 Sporting Mag. 2 195/1 Alluding to his frequent piercing the golden goal. 1844 Southern Literary Messenger 10 246/1 Some soul Who seeks, with trust in truth, Fame's golden goal. 1897 E. Hodges Cabots & Discov. Amer. 19 They had not found the golden goal of Cathay. 1942 Sociometry 5 p. xxxviii Universal predictive generalization—the golden goal of all natural science. 1978 Forbes (Nexis) 3 Apr. 79 The golden goal in the business is to make money on underwriting alone. 2013 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 20 Apr. 19 Culture revival is the new golden goal of the bureaucracy. 2. Sport (originally and esp. Association Football). a. A particularly outstanding or memorable goal.Now rare, due to the predominance of sense 2c. ΚΠ 1928 Daily Mirror 2 Feb. (headline) Gibson's golden goals. 1957 J. Milburn Golden Goals i. 16 It was to prove counsel which brought me golden goals at Wembley. 2017 Times (Nexis) 31 Oct. 57 A fourth Dublin SFC title in five seasons for St Vincent's, courtesy of a golden goal from Diarmuid Connolly, yet this was not a final to inspire poetry. b. British. At certain Association Football grounds: a type of lottery won by spectators holding tickets printed with the time (usually in minutes and seconds) elapsed between the kick-off and the first goal (or occasionally the first by the home team). Chiefly (and in earliest use) attributive, in golden goal lottery, golden goal ticket, etc.Golden goal tickets may be printed with one, two, or more times. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > type of Ragmana1393 lottery general1567 standing lottery1613 malt lottery1697 little go1795 great go1809 tombola1835 Tattersall1895 golden goal1968 1968 Daily Mirror 30 Dec. 23/4 Green..held a shilling ticket in the club's fund-raising ‘Golden Goal’ sweepstake—the ticket-holder with the official time of the first goal wins the jackpot. 1991 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 4 Dec. 38 The PA announcer had suggested just before the kick-off that ‘spot the ball’ tickets would be more appropriate than the ‘golden goal’ lottery. 1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. The Golden Goal, where you bought a ticket for 10p as you entered and if your ticket had the exact time of the first goal on it you won £50. 2013 Observer (Nexis) 24 Feb. (Sports) 7 The times on this reporter's Golden Goal ticket were ‘10:48’ and ‘87:27’. c. In some competitions: a goal scored during extra time, which ends the match and gives victory to the scoring side; the method of deciding drawn games which involves playing for such a goal.First introduced into international Association Football in the European championships of 1996, and abolished in international Association Football in 2004. ΚΠ 1994 Toronto Star 19 July e5/2 A sudden-death ‘golden goal’ could decide an unresolved match in the 1998 World Cup. 1994 Times (Nexis) 1 Dec. Huddersfield Town made a little bit of football history when they became the first team to win a cup-tie with a ‘golden goal’ in sudden-death extra time. 1996 Independent 19 Aug. s20/6 Ali Raza, Pakistan's full back, made hockey history..when he scored hockey's first ‘golden’ goal nine minutes into extra time. 2018 Newcastle Chron. & Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 May 61 Magpies defeated Rangers 1-0 after extra time in the final thanks to Cal Roberts' golden goal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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