单词 | sidestroke |
释义 | sidestroken.adv. A. n. 1. Usually as two words or with hyphen. A stroke, blow, or hit delivered from or towards the side. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts: an indirect attack, remark, etc.; cf. sideswipe n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > indirect > instance of sidestroke1611 by-wipe1641 by-fling1651 sidewipe1757 sidekick1844 by-quip1855 sidewiper1870 sideswipe1882 snipe1969 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bricole, a side-stroake at Tennis wherein the ball goes not right forward, but hits one of the walls of the Court, and thence bounds toward the aduerse partie. 1612 tr. P. de Mornay 2 Homilies 77 It is necessarie that they [sc. Politicians] should be recalled from time to time to their principles; to wit, against all tricks, & side-stroaks as it were of such as wrest & depraue them. 1666 Duchess of Newcastle Observ. Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. dv They will..strive to hit my Opinions with a side stroke, rather covertly, then openly and directly. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 170 He made a side stroke at me, and aimed to cut me across the face with the point of his stick. 1784 London Mag. Feb. 89/2 Mr. Courtenay..turned every thing he had said into ridicule, glancing some side strokes at Mr. Dundas. 1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales I. 295 At that moment I was knocked down by a side stroke given me by some one, and it was never known by whom. 1871 Chambers's Encycl. X. 485/1 The Side Stroke is made by raising the mallet to the shoulder, and hitting your ball full in the centre. 1899 Amer. Hist. Rev. 4 446 The expedition of Decaen though likewise a side-stroke at England was primarily intended to restore the glories of French rule in India. 1935 Pop. Mech. Apr. 548 The magician takes a table knife..and delivers a side stroke with considerable force. 1991 J. F. Benton Culture, Power & Personality in Medieval France x. 173 A stroke delivered from one o'clock (or one-thirty) towards the neck is more effective than..a side-stroke (from three o'clock). 2. Billiards. Usually as two words or with hyphen. The action or an act of striking one side of the cue ball so as to affect its course. Cf. side n.1 24. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke hazard1674 carambole1775 carom1779 cannon1802 screw1825 sidestroke1834 following stroke1837 cannonade1844 five-stroke1847 follow1850 scratch1850 fluke1857 jenny1857 bank shot1859 angle shot1860 draw shot1860 six-stroke1861 run-through1862 spot1868 quill1869 dead-stroke1873 loser1873 push1873 push stroke1873 stab1873 stab screw1873 draw1881 force1881 plant1884 anchor cannon1893 massé1901 angle1902 cradle-cannon1907 pot1907 jump shot1909 carry-along1913 snooker1924 1834 True Sun 29 Aug. 1/3 In a few days will be published, ‘A Scientific Treatise on Billiards’, in which will be introduced Sixty Demonstrative Illustrations of the Principles of the Side Stroke, adapted to the Waistcoat Pocket. 1849 H. Turner Billiards (title page) The Side Stroke—the Screw—and the Double. 1863 G. F. Pardon Hoyle's Games Modernized 372 When you wish your own ball to fly off at a particular angle..it is best to employ the side-stroke. 1898 Pearson's Mag. 5 139/1 Savelsan..was leaning over the billiard table, trying side-strokes with his back to Nare-Jones. 1904 J. P. Mannock Billiards Expounded I. ii. 70 There is none of the devious and uncertain course of the ‘side’ stroke about it. 3. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her side, sweeping one arm forward and the other back and then bringing them together at the chest while making a scissors kick with the legs (cf. scissors kick n. 1). Sometimes also more generally: any stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her side. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific hand over hand1844 sidestroke1852 breast swimming1861 steamer1861 breaststroke1864 dog paddle1874 backstroke1876 trudgen1893 frog kick1896 overstroke1902 scissors kick1902 crawl1903 scissors1908 freestyle1916 doggy paddle1921 front crawl1924 back-crawl1929 butterfly stroke1934 butterfly1936 butterfly kick1937 1852 Albion 13 Nov. 551/1 The swimming included a number of different feats, such as the easiest and neatest at the straight stroke and the side stroke, swimming like a quadruped with the hands on the back, [etc.]. 1876 W. Wilson Swimming, Diving, & How to save Life 35 The advantages of the side stroke are, that the body, offering less friction or surface against the water, cleaves through it much more easily than when lying flat on the chest, a wider kick is obtained, and a double stroke..is performed with the hands. a1936 R. Kipling Something of Myself (1937) ii. 34 One set of verses which exactly set the time for my side-stroke when I bathed in the big rollers. 1985 Weekly World News 29 Jan. I put him under my right arm and did a sidestroke back to the seawall. 2002 P. T. Deutermann Darkside (2003) 217 He struck out in that direction, doing the sidestroke so he could keep an eye on the yacht to maintain direction. B. adv. With reference to swimming: using the sidestroke. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adverb] > type of stroke in swimming wheel-wise1859 sidestroke1881 1881 Cornishman 11 Aug. 6/5 Beckwith swimming side stroke, quickly went forward. 1976 J. McClure Rogue Eagle xi. 185 Buchanan..waded in and swam sidestroke downstream of the gelding. 2006 J. S. Watterson Games Presidents Play xv. 206 Clenching MacMahon's life preserver in his teeth, Kennedy swam sidestroke for four hours, struggling and spitting out sea water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.1611 |
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