| 单词 | length bowler |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslength bowler a. Cricket. The proper distance for pitching a ball in bowling; that distance which constitutes a good pitch. Also = length ball n. at Compounds. Hence length bowler. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > properties of length1772 pace?1801 bias1822 pitch1833 line1961 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > correct distance for pitching ball length1772 1772 Noble Game of Cricket in Kentish Gaz. 22 Aug. 4/1 Ye bowlers..measure each step, and be sure pitch a length. 1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 29 (heading) How to stop a ball dropped rather short of a length. 1850 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. (rev. ed.) 41 Good lengths depend entirely on the pace. 1897 Daily News 18 June 2/6 Such a good length did the bowlers keep that during the first half-hour only 20 runs were made. 1910 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 91/1 Only at the last gasp was any serious effort made to knock him off his length. 1937 Daily Herald 5 Jan. 14/1 [Verity] The best length bowler in England. 1956 N. Cardus Close of Play 176 The old~fashioned ‘length’ bowlers, ball after ball on the same spot. 1958 D. Bradman Art of Cricket 97/1 I prefer to think in terms of a ‘good length ball’ and to define it thus—‘The type of delivery which has the striker in two minds as to whether he should play forward or back.’ 1969 Listener 1 May 622/3 At first Powell hit the ball all around the field and, just as it looked as if Miller might be finding his length, the item ended. < as lemmas |
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