单词 | long on |
释义 | long onn. Cricket. A fielding position at some distance behind the bowler on the on side; (also) a fielder occupying this position. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > side leg side?1801 offside1816 leg1833 on-side1833 off1836 on1836 long on1843 long off1854 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] > fielding position > specific bat's end1742 midwicket1744 middle wicket1772 long-stop1773 long field?1801 third man1801 point1816 slip1816 backstop1819 cover1836 long field on1837 short stopc1837 long on1843 middle-on1843 short leg1843 cover-point1846 square leg1849 long off1854 mid-off1865 leg slip1869 mid-on1870 cover-slip1891 box1911 gully1920 1843 ‘Wykhamist’ Pract. Hints Cricket Frontispiece p. i The ‘long on’, or long field to the on-side, is for the most part done away with. 1861 J. G. Wood Athletic Sports & Recreations for Boys 15 ‘Cover’ being comparatively unnecessary, he is brought up as an additional long on, about ten yards behind the bowler. 1930 Morning Post 9 Aug. 14/1 Woolley..made a low skimming drive over the ring at long-on for 6 off S. Staples. 2000 Times 7 Aug. (Sport Monday section) 4/6 The dangerous Blackwell clubbed him for a straight six but, trying to repeat the stroke, was beaten in the flight and caught at long-on. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 May 3 Shakib soon had three men on the leg-side boundary to Andrew Strauss.., including a long on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmaslong on j. colloquial (originally U.S.). long on: well supplied with, having plenty of. Also in extended use: having great knowledge or command of (a subject, etc.). Cf. sense A. 16, short on at short adj. 18h, short of at short adj. 18e. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [adjective] well-learedeOE well-learned1425 ripe1458 well-informeda1500 well-studied1530 travailed1551 great1552 learned1556 read1574 well-read1574 long on1875 the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > well-provided or supplied > with, in, or for something richc1175 repletec1384 strongc1450 ripe1579 wealthy1608 well off1775 rife1787 plus1808 well to pass1809 long on1929 1875 Rep. Commissioners Freedman's Savings & Trust Company 81 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (43rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Misc. Doc. 16) I He is long on his deposits and short on his cash. 1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 48 Millions of Bibles were shipped to this country by the firm that was ‘long’ on Bibles. 1913 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 286 He was long on Kings. And Continental crises. 1929 W. R. Burnett Little Caesar iv. vi. 147 You're long on regard yourself, ain't you Rico? 1938 S. Chase Tyranny of Words vii. 78 Governor Lehmann, deficient in logic but long on human understanding, commuted the sentence. 1969 Guardian 22 Jan. 1/7 The new team is admittedly long on business management and short on statesmanship. 2008 New Yorker 24 Nov. 126/3 She's..a skilled ham, long on humor, spritz, and vigor, but hardly a visionary. < n.1843 as lemmas |
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