| 单词 | straight of breadth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstraight of breadth a. A straight portion, e.g. of a race-course (see quot. 18972), railway, or road; also figurative. straight of breadth (Nautical): see quot. 1846; back straight: see back-straight n. at back- comb. form 2; Cf. home straight n., stretch n. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > straightness > [noun] > that which is straight straight1846 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > part of uniform breadth straight of breadth1846 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > course or track > parts of run-in1799 quarter-stretch1830 home run1833 hurdle1833 back stretch1839 home stretch1841 straight1846 last lap1848 straightaway1878 home straight1880 stretch1895 back-straight1905 the wall1974 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > straight part straight1953 straightaway1957 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 325 Straight of breadth, in shipbuilding, the space before, at, and abaft the dead-flat, in which the ship is of the same uniform breadth. 1864 Field 16 July 41/2 Three-quarters of a mile from home Fisher~man's Daughter began to draw up to the leaders; on entering the straight she went up to Spitfire Kitty, and heading her..went on with the lead. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xlii. 355 The beast that hunted me gaining ever on the straight, and I at the turnings. 1897 Daily News 13 Sept. 7/2 Then there are frequent and long stretches of ‘straight,’ that delight of the railway engineer. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 62/2 (Athletics) Straight, the section of the track between the last bend and the winning post. 1903 T.P.'s Weekly 2 Jan. 248/1 Good, I'm in the straight now!.. Thank Heaven that's done. 1913 Times 1 Sept. 12/1 Seremond..retained his place, and when presently the field turned into the straight he was still in front. 1953 K. Amis Lucky Jim i. 15 The car darted forward on to the straight. 1968 P. Dickinson Weathermonger iv. 59 You'll have to do the map-reading... I'll teach you as soon as we come to a safe bit of straight where we can't get surprised. 1976 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 13 Dec. 9/1 (advt.) Scalextric, including pits, chicane, straights, 90 degree. < as lemmas |
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