starting blockn.

Brit.

/ˈstɑːtɪŋ blɒk/, U.S.

/ˈstɑrdɪŋ ˌblɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: starting n., block n.

Etymology: < starting n. + block n.

1. A block of material used in the starting of some equipment or process; spec. one which holds parts of an engine in position for starting. Also (in construction): a block set at the beginning of a series.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [noun] > parts of

helm1663

spring-beam?1794

steam-jacket1838

cut-off1849

steam-jacketing1870

starting block1881

timing chain1889

timing mark1901

decelerator1907

air drain1908

plenum chamber1908

reservoir1920

1881 Engineer & Superintendent's Rep. Louisville Water Company in Louisville (Kentucky) Munic. Rep. 423 Four wrought iron wall anchors for starting blocks at gables, 187 lbs. at 13 cents.

1890 E. G. Love Pavements & Roads i. 11 Where cubes are used starting blocks are set at the beginning of each course across the street, so as to insure a perfect breaking of the joints in passing from row to row.

1892 Canad. Patent Office Rec. Nov. 651/1 A compound locomotive having the auxiliary steam or starting block working in the hollow end of said shaft.

1922 T. Croft Steam-Engine v. 167 Place the starting block or stop..under the governor cross arm... A ¼ in. thick piece of wood or iron is placed between the governor block and the governor cross arm.

1965 Bull. Amer. Railway Engin. Assoc. Dec. 246 Operator of crane must be careful not to lower starting block after engine starts or starting block will be damaged.

1999 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 455 227 A starting block is used to initiate the process and to support the ingot as it is withdrawn.

2. Usually in plural. A shaped rigid block (in later use esp. one of a pair, which may be connected together in a single unit) for bracing the feet of a runner at the start of a race. More generally: any block from which a competitor starts a race.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > starting block

starting block1910

starting block1932

1910 Boston Post 10 Feb. 13/2 The use of starting blocks in all short distance races in which spike shoes are prohibited.

1916 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. 9/3 Drew ran off a starting block.

1939 Res. Q. Amer. Assoc. Health & Physical Educ. 10 89 (heading) The use of starting blocks in swimming sprints.

1963 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 27 Feb. 8/1 Before you even notice the girls diving into the water from the starting block.

2002 R. Cohen By Sword v. xvii. 399 A fast-running attack that has the fencer throw himself at his opponent in what is half leap, half run, similar to a sprinter propelling himself from his starting block.

2015 W. Freeman Track & Field Coaching Essent. viii. 103 Perform three repetitions of 50-meter runs from the starting blocks.

3. In figurative contexts, with reference to the start of any enterprise, activity, etc.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > starting-point

terminus a quo1549

starting place1570

terma1628

salient motion1664

salient pointa1682

punctum saliens1695

starting point1782

Adam and Eve1793

starting ground1802

point of departure1804

baseline1836

point de départ1848

zero1849

start point1860

jumping-board1878

jumping-off board1914

jumping-off point1927

starting block1932

square one1952

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > starting block

starting block1910

starting block1932

1932 McKinney (Texas) Daily Courier-Gaz. 30 Aug. 2/2 Really the depression is over and the period of growth back to normalty is just leaving the starting blocks.

1983 Listener 29 Sept. 4/2 All the Opposition parties are poised nervously on the starting-blocks of the new political year.

2003 Attitude Jan. 21/2 First off the starting block is Scissor Sisters' dramatically drag re-wire of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb.

2013 D. A. Stockman Great Deformation xxxiii. 674 The fact that the nation's moribund economy actually leapt from the starting blocks within weeks has been..Photoshopped out of the official New Deal portrait.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	starting block
释义	starting blockn. Brit. /ˈstɑːtɪŋ blɒk/, U.S. /ˈstɑrdɪŋ ˌblɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: starting n., block n. Etymology: < starting n. + block n. 1. A block of material used in the starting of some equipment or process; spec. one which holds parts of an engine in position for starting. Also (in construction): a block set at the beginning of a series. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [noun] > parts of helm1663 spring-beam?1794 steam-jacket1838 cut-off1849 steam-jacketing1870 starting block1881 timing chain1889 timing mark1901 decelerator1907 air drain1908 plenum chamber1908 reservoir1920 1881 Engineer & Superintendent's Rep. Louisville Water Company in Louisville (Kentucky) Munic. Rep. 423 Four wrought iron wall anchors for starting blocks at gables, 187 lbs. at 13 cents. 1890 E. G. Love Pavements & Roads i. 11 Where cubes are used starting blocks are set at the beginning of each course across the street, so as to insure a perfect breaking of the joints in passing from row to row. 1892 Canad. Patent Office Rec. Nov. 651/1 A compound locomotive having the auxiliary steam or starting block working in the hollow end of said shaft. 1922 T. Croft Steam-Engine v. 167 Place the starting block or stop..under the governor cross arm... A ¼ in. thick piece of wood or iron is placed between the governor block and the governor cross arm. 1965 Bull. Amer. Railway Engin. Assoc. Dec. 246 Operator of crane must be careful not to lower starting block after engine starts or starting block will be damaged. 1999 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 455 227 A starting block is used to initiate the process and to support the ingot as it is withdrawn. 2. Usually in plural. A shaped rigid block (in later use esp. one of a pair, which may be connected together in a single unit) for bracing the feet of a runner at the start of a race. More generally: any block from which a competitor starts a race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > starting block starting block1910 starting block1932 1910 Boston Post 10 Feb. 13/2 The use of starting blocks in all short distance races in which spike shoes are prohibited. 1916 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. 9/3 Drew ran off a starting block. 1939 Res. Q. Amer. Assoc. Health & Physical Educ. 10 89 (heading) The use of starting blocks in swimming sprints. 1963 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 27 Feb. 8/1 Before you even notice the girls diving into the water from the starting block. 2002 R. Cohen By Sword v. xvii. 399 A fast-running attack that has the fencer throw himself at his opponent in what is half leap, half run, similar to a sprinter propelling himself from his starting block. 2015 W. Freeman Track & Field Coaching Essent. viii. 103 Perform three repetitions of 50-meter runs from the starting blocks. 3. In figurative contexts, with reference to the start of any enterprise, activity, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > starting-point terminus a quo1549 starting place1570 terma1628 salient motion1664 salient pointa1682 punctum saliens1695 starting point1782 Adam and Eve1793 starting ground1802 point of departure1804 baseline1836 point de départ1848 zero1849 start point1860 jumping-board1878 jumping-off board1914 jumping-off point1927 starting block1932 square one1952 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > starting block starting block1910 starting block1932 1932 McKinney (Texas) Daily Courier-Gaz. 30 Aug. 2/2 Really the depression is over and the period of growth back to normalty is just leaving the starting blocks. 1983 Listener 29 Sept. 4/2 All the Opposition parties are poised nervously on the starting-blocks of the new political year. 2003 Attitude Jan. 21/2 First off the starting block is Scissor Sisters' dramatically drag re-wire of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. 2013 D. A. Stockman Great Deformation xxxiii. 674 The fact that the nation's moribund economy actually leapt from the starting blocks within weeks has been..Photoshopped out of the official New Deal portrait. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881
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