| 单词 | halfcolour |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-colour half-colour n. a badge showing that a stage of proficiency in a sport or other discipline which is halfway towards getting one's colours has been reached; see colour n.1 19b(a). Π 1896 Cambr. Rev. 5 Nov. 63/1 After the game F. J. Turner was awarded his full colours, and G. E. Blackwall, A. D. Robinson, W. Dilling and E. Coddington their half-colours. 1929 Evening News 18 Nov. 13/5 The player who appears in future bowls international trial matches, but who fails to be selected for the English team, is to receive a ‘half-colour’. 2017 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 Jan. 1 He has participated in KZN Rising Stars music concerts as an invited artist and earned half colours for music and debating. half-colour half-colour n. a badge showing that a stage of proficiency half-way towards getting one's colours has been reached (see colour n.1 19b(a)). ΚΠ 1929 Evening News 18 Nov. 13/5 The player who appears in future bowls international trial matches, but who fails to be selected for the English team, is to receive a ‘half-colour’. < as lemmas |
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