单词 | right wing |
释义 | right wingn.adj. A. n. 1. Military. The right side of an army or of a naval fleet in battle (as viewed from the rear). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > division battle1330 left winga1450 right winga1450 parsmenta1522 partimenta1522 battalion1589 division1600 battaliaa1616 fight1622 army unit1847 mobile unit1896 air arm1913 reaction force1923 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > wing right winga1450 point1550 wing1622 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 144 Þan assayle þou his lyfte wynge wiþ þy riȝt wynge[L. dextram..alam]. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxx. f. xlii He chaunged the order of his soudyours: and on the ryght wynge..he ordayned as it were a forwarde enforced with a threfolde subsidy or socoures. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 50/2 in Chron. I [Gildas sayth] There was..no square battell, no right wing, nor any other prouision appoynted. 1645 R. Overton Sacred Decretall 14 Wee quickly plac'd Jockey in the right wing, Sir John in the left wing, and Old Nick in the Battalia. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 47 He falls a fighting with his Text, and makes a pitch'd Battle of it, dividing it into the Right-wing and Left-wing. 1718 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Turks I. iv. iii. 409 The Center and right Wing of the Fleet was overthrown by the Christians. 1736 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. VIII. 280 The right wing was closed by four thousand slingers. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 167 The Cæsar, who conducted in person his right wing, depended on the dexterity of his archers, and the weight of his cuirassiers. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxv. 402 Eighty Milesian ships formed the right wing, one hundred Chian ships the centre, and sixty Samian ships the left wing. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. iv. 149 The European divisions were directed severally against the left and right wings. 1864 J. Fitch Ann. Army Cumberland 395 Our right wing was now thoroughly broken, and its retiring divisions almost doubled backward upon the left. 1953 W. S. Churchill Let. 25 Feb. in P. Boyle Churchill-Eisenhower Corr. (1990) 28 All the Egyptian theatre lies behind Ridgway's right wing. 2000 J. J. Reid Crisis Ottoman Empire vi. 326 The entire right wing depended upon the holding of this position, which, if abandoned, would fold under Russian attacks. 2. Politics. = right n. 16c. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right centre-right1822 right1822 right wing1841 Christian Right1947 New Right1966 alt-right2009 1841 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 59 296 The right wing of the Infidels and Radicals, and the left of the popish followers of factious demagogues. 1844 Bibliotheca Sacra & Theol. Rev. Feb. 211 Those of the right wing, the conservative side, are constantly declining in numbers. 1889 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 3 207 The predominating influence has clearly moved from the extreme right wing, and is now to be found well over upon the left. 1926 in K. Laybourn Brit. Trade Unionism (1991) 138 The Right Wing in the General Council bears direct responsibility for throwing away the workers' weapons and leaving them almost defenceless against the capitalists. 1940 W. Temple Thoughts in War-time iii. 23 The Right Wing tends to emphasise..the distinction between the Government and the community and apply to the Government the ethics of trusteeship. 1974 J. White tr. N. Poulantzas Fascism & Dictatorship iii. 126 The Liberal Party itself was in an increasing state of decomposition, with Salandra's right wing now dominant. 1996 Independent 19 Sept. 13/1 Mr. Knight is a wheeling, dealing politician from the Labour Party's right wing. 3. In various team sports. a. The right side of a team or area of play; those players positioned on this side regarded collectively. Cf. right n. 16d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions wing-back1734 goalkeeper1789 outfielder1855 quarter1857 centre fielder1865 outfield1867 quarterback1867 right1867 centre1868 left wing1871 left-back1873 left half-back1873 centre forward1874 left-centre1877 right-centre1877 centre back1878 centre half-back1879 forward1879 back1880 right wing1880 right half-back1881 goaltender1882 right-winger1882 wing1882 centre half1884 left winger1884 inside1886 half1887 custodian1888 left half1888 midfielder1888 left wing1889 right half1889 centreman1890 midfield1890 outside right1890 outfieldsman1891 goalie1894 winger1896 infield1897 inside forward1897 inside right1897 outside forward1897 outside1898 outside left1900 rearguard1904 pivot1911 wing-man1942 keeper1957 link1958 linkman1963 midfield1976 1880 Times 19 Feb. 10/3 The game was chiefly in favour of Lloyd's, who won by two goals to one. The following are the sides:..A. Letts and F. Janson, right wing. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 419/2 at Association Football The left back and half-back deal with the opposing right wing. 1900 in B. James England v Scotland (1969) iii. 72 For England, Crabtree was cleverly holding the Scottish right wing in check and showing grand form. 1947 Sporting Mirror 7 Nov. 3/2 Appearing in their league side on the right wing and, later, at centre forward he became very popular with the Shepherds Bush spectators. 1974 M. Weir Women's Hockey for Seventies 96 Before the ball is hit the right striker is sprinting out to the right wing. 1983 K. Dryden Game 10 Lapointe steals the puck and streaks up right wing. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Soccer) 6 When Leto's junior forward Catherine Holsopple broke free on the right wing—some 15 yards from the goal—Hormilla came charging out at her. 1999 H. Redknapp & D. McGovern 'Arry (new ed.) ii. 40 With me supplying crosses from the right wing and John Sissons from the left, Martin scored four goals. b. A position on the (far) right of the field of play, typically an attacking role towards the front of a team; a player who occupies this position. Cf. right-winger n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > types of player field1816 fielder1824 defender1851 scrimmager1877 attacker1884 tackler1891 shooter1901 passer1905 right wing1908 ball hawk1917 screener1923 striker1963 1908 Times 8 Feb. 11/3 The strong, straightforward running of W. N. Lapage..should make him an effective right wing. 1940 Amer. Boy Feb. 4/3 Every moment he had his eye on that varsity forward wall. He wanted a berth there—Sam Dixon's berth at right wing. 1969 R. D. Eagleson & I. McKie Terminol. Austral. Nat. Football iii. 10 Right wing, a variant for right centre. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. b22/6 Ehman, 49, played right wing for eight years in the National Hockey League for Boston, Toronto, Detroit and California until his retirement in 1971. 2003 D. Mortimer Classic Rugby Clangers 180 He delivered a beautiful pass back inside to Nigel Francis, our right wing, who ran from almost halfway to score. B. adj. 1. Of the nature of, characterized by, or holding views towards the right of a spectrum of opinion; conservative; spec. of, belonging to, or supporting the political right (right n. 16c). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > right illiberal1649 white?1740 right1794 conservative1802 centre-right1822 agricolous1825 hunkerish1857 right wing1857 rightward1887 rightist1894 rightwards1931 right-of-centre1937 establishmentarian1962 righty1970 neo-con1979 New Rightist1981 1857 Christian Examiner Nov. 435 Among the right-wing Hegelians, Göschel asserts that Christ was the ideal of humanity, actualized. 1905 W. James Meaning of Truth (1909) v. 124 If the formula ever became canonical, it would certainly develop both right-wing and left-wing interpreters. 1927 U. Sinclair Oil! xiv. 348 Jacob Menzies had been clubbed almost insensible on the picket-line. Jacob was the ‘right-wing’ brother..who had been earning his education by pressing students' pants. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xii. 243 The thinking person, by intellect usually left-wing but by temperament often right-wing, hovers at the gate of the Socialist fold. 1957 Economist 26 Oct. 299/2 President Castillo's strong-arm methods steered the country between communism and right-wing nationalism. 1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 30 Oct. 10/7 Les Berets Blancs, a semi-secret, ultra-right-wing religious grouping bounced out of [the] Creditiste Party several years ago, is still alive and preaching invasion of communism. 1990 E. Feldman Looking for Love x. 121 If he knows so damn much, what's he doing writing for that right-wing rag? 2004 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 25 Jan. 16/4 Some interpreters of the New Deal lean left, some are centrist, some are right wing, and this is all to the good: let a hundred flowers bloom. 2. Sport. Positioned on the right side of a sports team or area of play, esp. in an attacking role; of, relating to, or executed from this position. ΚΠ 1882 in T. Charles-Edwards & B. Richardson They saw it Happen (1958) 299 Of the Rovers forwards the right wing pair first became prominent. 1901 Encycl. Sport II. 419/2 The left back and left half-back attend to the opposing right wing forwards. 1945 R. G. Collingwood Idea of Nature i. iii. 91 As a right wing three-quarter is trying not simply to play football but to play it in a way appropriate to a right wing three-quarter. 1993 Belfast Tel. (BNC) Mar. Clarke got his second goal in the 60th minute when he met a well-directed right-wing cross from Wallace. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Dec. 5 As a footballer he was dubbed a rabbit because of his burrowing right-wing runs. Derivatives right-ˈwingish adj. having the qualities or characteristics of right-wing politics or ideology; cf. right-wingy adj.. ΚΠ 1945 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 27 July 4/1 The people of the United Kingdom have, by their verdict in the first general election in ten years, embraced a right-wingish brand of socialism. 1983 D. W. Reinhard Republican Right since 1945 v. 94 The Eisenhower crusade sounded increasingly right-wingish as it came out of the Midwest. 2014 Sunday Times (Nexis) 28 Sept. 21 A sporting venue in a bluecollar northern town with right-wingish tendencies. right-ˈwingism n. right-wing politics or ideology; support for these. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right > attitudes of servilism1821 conservatism1832 conservativeness1832 conservativism1834 hunkerism1845 rightism1934 right-wingism1951 1951 W. Lewis Rotting Hill vii. 239 A seedy pair—right-wingism does not pay. 1962 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 12 Feb. 4/6 A meeting of the American Jewish Congress which had been discussing right-wingism in the USA. 1978 Listener 13 July 59/4 An..irrational right-wingism, which eschews all 19th-century liberalism. 1997 G. D. Morgan Toward Amer. Sociol. xv. 116 Liberal education had to be downgraded if the growth of right-wingism was to be promoted. right-ˈwingy adj. colloquial of, relating to, or characteristic of right-wing politics or ideology; typically conservative. ΚΠ 1971 A. Hoffman Steal this Bk. 299 Although right-wingy in tone, this is an excellent guide to security systems, including home protection, unarmed and armed self-defense. 1977 Listener 13 Jan. 60/4 Some people have thought that your heroes are rather snooty and right-wingy and so forth. 2004 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 12 Sept. He also appeared at a right-wingy book promo that was duly noted in the New York Times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.a1450 |
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