单词 | high hurdler |
释义 | > as lemmashigh hurdler high hurdler n. a participant or competitor in the high hurdles. ΚΠ 1890 N.Y. Times 5 Nov. 3/1 Williams, the Yale hurdler, who holds the amateur record for the high hurdlers at 120 yards, made many runs. 1930 Times 1 Dec. 7/3 There are two critical tests of a high hurdler—the straightness of his leg and the nearness of his landing to the hurdle—and Tisdall would have satisfied the most fastidious observer. 2011 P. Collins Among Fans ix. 132 In all of sport, few things are more graceful than the sight of the great high hurdlers—a ‘Skeets’ Nehemiah, a Colin Jackson—flowing across the barriers at a sprinter's speed. < as lemmas |
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