单词 | sledging |
释义 | sledgingn.2 Australian Cricket slang. (See quot. 1982.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > abusing or teasing of batsman sledging1977 1977 World of Cricket Monthly June 5/1 Lillee had repeated his views on intimidating batsmen on Melbourne television. And on sledging—the term comes from subtle as a sledgehammer. 1979 Age (Melbourne) 2 July 9/6 A year or so earlier the Australian team coined ‘sledging’ for needling or gamesmanship. 1982 London Portrait Mag. May 68/3 Sledging, trying to disrupt batsmen's concentration by abusing, teasing them. 1983 Guardian 8 Feb. 23/1 Geoff Howarth says he intends to complain about the amount of swearing, sledging and unchecked short-pitched bowling New Zealand have faced. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈsledging ˈsledging n.1 ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > riding in a sleigh or sledge sledding1713 carrioling1769 sleighing1775 sleigh-riding1807 sledging1853 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxix. 256 The crew had an hour of sledging. 1876 Daily News 30 Oct. 5/2 The wearisome sledging of a mile a day. < n.21977 as lemmas |
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