| 单词 | roaring game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroaring game roaring game n. (with the) the game of curling; (occasionally as a count noun) a curling match. [So called on account of the sound made by the stones on the surface of the ice (compare roar v.1 3c). Compare earlier roaring play n.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] curling1684 roaring play1786 quoiting1811 channelling1831 roaring game1844 1790 A. Wilson Poems 197 Far aff the Curler's roaring rink, Re-echo'd loud.] 1844 tr. J. G. Kohl Eng., Wales & Sc. 48 The Scotch in the North American colonies have carried their zeal for this game so far, that the curlers of Toronto sometimes challenge those of Montreal, a town four hundred miles distant, to meet them and play a roaring game. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 712/2 The rules..of the Caledonian Curling Club form a code which largely regulates ‘the roaring game’..all over the world. 1911 New Eng. Mag. Feb. 600/2 Last come the rinks for the old Scotch game of curling or, as it is also called—Bonspiel or the roaring game. 2001 C. Gordon Grim Pig xiii. 104 Perforce, the women enter into acrimonious discussions concerning the roaring game, it can be a trifle combative. < as lemmas |
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