| 单词 | off the pace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the pace d. off the pace: (a) behind the leader or leading group in any race or contest (frequently by a specified amount); out of contention; (b) Horse Racing (originally U.S.), slower than the leading horse in the early part of a race. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1911 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. 7/3 Within a quarter of a mile of the finish J. Cohn of the home club, who had laid off the pace up to the time, began to close up the gap between himself and the leader. 1914 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. 7/7 At the Liverpool, opposite the clubhouse, Baltimore fell, and Senegambian, which had been holding off the pace, began to make him run. 1951 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xvi. 45 Off the pace,..of a horse: to be running behind the challengers in a race, perhaps conserving his strength for the drive. 1962 S. Snead Educ. of Golfer 85 A 32-36-68 first round left me a single shot off the pace of Horton Smith. 1975 D. Niven Bring on Empty Horses 22 She nearly went up in flames when she heard that Eugene O'Neill's eighteen-year-old daughter, Oona, was planning to marry Chaplin who was thirty-six years off the pace. 1975 Business Week 5 May 40/2 Last season the traditional third-place network had managed to close the gap... Now..ABC once again is far off the pace. 1997 Sporting Life 15 Feb. 39/1 Ridgefield Dream was just five spots off the 995 metres clock when coming from almost a distance off the pace to win the four-runner challenge. < as lemmas |
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