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单词 soft second
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soft second
soft second n. Bowls Obsolete the second player in a four, who is typically the weakest of the four players.
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1905 Harmsworth Encycl. II. 884/1 Usually a side [in flat-green bowling] is composed of four players, each with a distinct function... The second has to do as he is told. A captain will play his weakest man here (hence the phrase, the ‘soft second’).
1912 J. A. Manson Compl. Bowler viii. 121 I played second (‘the soft second’) in the rink skipped by my friend.
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