单词 | on-driving |
释义 | on-drivingn. Cricket. The action of on-drive v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of batting blocking1637 quilting1822 defence1825 cutting1827 forward play1828 defensive1832 swiping1833 back-cutting1842 straight play1843 back play1844 sticking1873 leg play1877 off-driving1884 gallery-hitting1888 goose game1899 straight driving1904 stroke-play1905 pad play1906 on-driving1948 stroke-making1956 1948 Times 17 May 2/5 Once he did get going his [sc. a cricketer's] on-driving was grand. 1961 Times 21 Aug. 3/3 His cutting and on-driving were a delight. 2000 Times 7 Aug. (Sport section) 4/1 His on-driving contributed handsomely to an unbroken partnership of 111 in 12 overs with Robin Smith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). on-drivingadj. That drives on; that drives something on. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adjective] progressive?c1450 progressional1570 advancing1575 forward1603 progredient1650 onward1674 processive1691 on-driving1884 propagating1971 the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating stirring1421 movingc1443 provokingc1443 incitative1490 urgent1559 propulsory1585 pricking1592 pulsive1602 incentive1603 incitatory1610 urging1612 animalizing1617 impellent1620 irritant1636 instigative1644 propulsive1648 promptive1653 parastatic1656 exstimulatory1657 impulsory1659 appelling1666 irritative1686 instigating1702 spurring1702 stimulatinga1732 stimulatory1758 impulsive1788 stimulant1803 stimulative1836 exertivea1856 inciting1855 incitant1886 incitive1888 on-driving1927 incitory1941 1884 A. T. de Vere Poet. Wks. II. 435 And ever as she sang, the on-driving snow Choked the sweet strain. 1927 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 39/1 Because there was a check, there arose long on-driving shouts from the huntsmen. 1985 Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. Witness Mr Allen's scene breaks, each with its ondriving narrative kick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948adj.1884 |
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