| 单词 | on the rise | 
| 释义 | > as lemmason the rise  d.  Sport. The upward movement of a ball after being thrown or struck by a bat or racket. Chiefly in  on the rise: (of a ball) whilst on an upward trajectory. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > 			[noun]		 > a ball bowled > motion of ball > specific curl1833 screw1840 devil1845 rise1845 work1846 break1851 spin1851 hang1866 bump1867 fire1888 leg-spin1888 air break1900 turn1900 underspin1901 off-spin1904 finger spin1905 swing1906 back-spin1916 outswing1921 inswing1927 away swing1936 wrist-spin1960 1845    N. Wanostrocht Felix on Bat  ii. ii. 29  				Judge the timing of the hit that, bringing the bat down from the shoulders with all your force, you catch the ball about half a foot on the rise. 1851    J. Pycroft Cricket Field viii. 165  				Slow balls can be pitched nearer to the bat, affording a shorter sight of the rise. 1888    R. H. Lyttelton in  A. G. Steel  & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ii. 48  				Any break, hang, or rise that the bowler or the ground may impart to the ball must almost inevitably produce a bad stroke. 1900    G. Patten Rockspur Nine v. 50  				Man after man came up to bat against him, but he sent in all kinds of curves, shoots, drops, and rises. 1965    Times 30 June 3/1  				He hit a half volley on the rise, with more power than thought. 1990    Tennis May 33/1  				They both get extra power and put pressure on their opponents by hitting the ball on the rise. on the rise PhrasesΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell			[verb (transitive)]		 > start or begin with to take one's rise (from)1599 1599    R. Fenton Answere W. Alablaster i. 2  				Besides those premised groundes from which we take our rise, we must be confirmed by such meanes as Christ hath besides prouided for the members of his Church militant here vpon earth. 1647    C. Cotterell  & W. Aylesbury tr.  E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France  i. 28  				Taking his rise from the fortune of the house of Lorain. 1697    J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 63  				I take my Rise from the remotest Principles that can concern that Point, and these are my Thoughts. 1716    J. Collier tr.  Gregory of Nazianzus Panegyrick upon Maccabees 60  				Let us take our rise a little from the Original of things.  P2.    to give rise to: to be the origin of; to cause, bring about, result in. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > give rise to makeOE breedc1200 wakea1325 wakenc1330 engendera1393 gendera1398 raisea1400 begetc1443 reara1513 ingener1513 ingenerate1528 to stir upc1530 yield1576 to pull ona1586 to brood up1586 to set afloat (on float)1586 spawn1594 innate1602 initiate1604 inbreed1605 irritate1612 to give rise to1630 to let in1655 to gig (out)1659 to set up1851 gin1887 1630    T. Taylor Progresse of Saints sig. A5  				It is not want of time, but want of well husbanding the time, that gives rise to this objection. 1691    T. Heyrick Misc. Poems 18  				Fear gave rise to Divinity; And Gods haue rose from Cruelty. 1705    J. Addison Remarks Italy 132  				His Reputation..gave Rise to the Republick that calls it self after his Name. 1774    O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 256  				This shallowness and narrowness in many parts of the sea, give also rise to a peculiarity in the tides. 1780    R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal  i. i. 9  				Very trifling circumstances have often given rise to the most ingenious tales. 1830    R. Knox tr.  P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 304  				When this action has been very long and violent, it gives rise to a painful sensibility. 1863    E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 93  				The answer to these questions gave rise to the systems of Heraclitus, Empedocles, and Anaxagoras. 1879    M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xlviii. 480  				His whole previous career had given rise to the gravest distrust. 1912    Times 10 Sept. 34/2  				The longitudinal and transverse wires gave rise to the so-called ‘wire marks’ in the paper, and the special device produced the well-known ‘watermark’ generally found in the centre of the sheet. 1951    J. Crosland Old French Epic xii. 276  				This hatred, caused by jealousy or the rankling of wounded pride, gave rise to a class of traitors who carried on a sort of personal vendetta against those they wished to ruin. 2004    B. Greene Fabric of Cosmos x. 272  				In the 1980s, an old observation of Einstein's was resurrected in a sparkling new form, giving rise to what has become known as inflationary cosmology.  P3.    on the rise.  a.   Becoming more valuable or more expensive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > 			[adverb]		 > increasing or increased in price up1546 on the rise1805 upward1874 upwards1874 1805    J. J. Oddy European Commerce  vii. vii. 555  				The export is rapidly on the rise, which will be demonstrated by the following official value. 1884    Illustr. London News 13 Dec. 570/3  				‘Sheep,’ for five years, have been steadily ‘on the rise’. 1904    G. P. Williams New Chum's Let. Home 81  				You feel a little better, When the mail bag brings a letter With the news that frozen lamb is on the rise. 1932    A. Bell Cherry Tree viii. 113  				He will take them to market next Tuesday; but if he thinks eggs are on the rise and he might get a better price, he will buy them in again, and try them in another market on Thursday, and again maybe on Saturday.  b.   Increasing in status, power, or importance; becoming more successful; improving. ΚΠ 1822    Methodist Mag. May 188  				Religion is on the rise; we have congregations, and great attention. 1908    Polit. Sci. Q. 23 171  				He insists that owing to over-production, industry is on the decline, while agriculture is on the rise. 1971    French Rev. 44 227  				His reputation is on the rise again. 1982    A. Tyler Dinner at Homesick Restaurant 		(1983)	 i. 2  				Always fuming over business: who was on the rise and who was on the skids. 2005    Time Out 7 Dec. 178/1  				Everton look to be on the rise but this should be an easy match.  c.   See sense  6.  d.   See sense  7d.  e.   Increasing in quantity or frequency; becoming more widespread. ΚΠ 1878    Contemp. Rev. Oct. 648  				Trade is good,..demand for English wares is on the rise. 1957    Changing Times May 6/2  				Officials can't explain completely why embezzling is on the rise. 1989    Omni Aug. 22/1  				In the desert,..cactus rustling is on the rise. 2008    N. Wimmer tr.  R. Bolaño 2666  iv. 383  				And another phobia, this one on the rise: tropophobia, or the fear of making changes or moving.  P4.   U.S. the rise of: more than, above, (a specified amount or period of time) (now rare);  †and the rise: and more (obsolete). Cf. rising adj. 6b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree			[phrase]		 > rather more than and morec1230 and (also or) upward1555 and upwards1570 upward of1623 upwards of1721 rising1808 the rise of1834 1834    in  J. S. Bassett Southern Plantation Overseer 		(1925)	 66  				I muste plante the rise of a hundred aceres in coten. 1839    Southern Literary Messenger 5 379/1  				It is the rise of a week since I last shifted. 1845    Congress. Globe App. 154/1  				I do not propose myself to number [the States yet to be admitted]; but I set them down at twenty and the rise. 1859    J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 		(ed. 2)	 (at cited word)  				The phrase and the rise, is used in some parts of the South to mean ‘and more’;..‘I should think there were a thousand and the rise’, i.e. a thousand and more. 1905    ‘O. Henry’ in  Everybody's Mag. Dec. 820/1  				I've seen the rise of $50,000 at a time in that tin grub box that my adopted father calls his safe. 1914    E. B. Bronson Vanguard xiv. 274  				Bill..rose and emptied his safe drawer and proceeded to pass over to the winner the rise of ten thousand dollars. < as lemmas  | 
	
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