英语词汇“ring-rusty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ring-rusty adj. (of a boxer) out of practice; below par, esp. after a long absence from professional fighting; also in extended use.

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1923 New Castle (Pa.) News 1 Aug. 17/7 Some fine day when Harry Wills is ancient and ring rusty..there may be a bout between Wills and Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight championship of the world.

1966 Times 14 Dec. 5/2 The champion [horse] showed that basically he was as good as ever, a trifle ring rusty perhaps.

1996 J. Collis Van Morrison vii. 144 ‘Cold Wind in August’, at least, concludes the set in style, but the comeback kid still seemed a little ring-rusty.

2006 L. A. Erenberg Greatest Fight of our Generation iv. 114 Most boxing experts predicted that the ring-rusty veteran would lose to whomever he fought.

单词	ring-rusty
释义	> as lemmas ring-rusty ring-rusty adj. (of a boxer) out of practice; below par, esp. after a long absence from professional fighting; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1923 New Castle (Pa.) News 1 Aug. 17/7 Some fine day when Harry Wills is ancient and ring rusty..there may be a bout between Wills and Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight championship of the world. 1966 Times 14 Dec. 5/2 The champion [horse] showed that basically he was as good as ever, a trifle ring rusty perhaps. 1996 J. Collis Van Morrison vii. 144 ‘Cold Wind in August’, at least, concludes the set in style, but the comeback kid still seemed a little ring-rusty. 2006 L. A. Erenberg Greatest Fight of our Generation iv. 114 Most boxing experts predicted that the ring-rusty veteran would lose to whomever he fought. extracted from ringn.¹ < as lemmas
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