| 单词 | the rot sets in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe rot sets in (also begins, etc.) Phrases P1. the rot sets in (also begins, etc.). a. Cricket. A rapid breakdown or fall of wickets takes place during an innings. Hence in other sports: a slump in performance or scoring occurs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > batting collapse the rot sets in (also begins, etc.)1868 procession1891 1868 John Lillywhite's Cricketers' Compan. (ed. 24) 61 A terrible ‘rot’ set in at the commencement of their second ‘venture’. 1884 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Ann. ii. ii. 64 After this came the ‘rot’, and the total only reached 118. 1903 Amer. Druggist & Pharmaceut. Rec. 28 Dec. 378/1 When the rot set in the whole [bowling] team went to pieces. 1955 Times 6 June 3/1 The rot began when Appleyard came into the attack. 1957 Times 23 July 3/1 Then the rot set in. His service broken, Wilson found himself 2—3 down in the next set. 1981 Times 18 Dec. 20/4 Rick Darling and Wood took the score to 106 before the rot set in. b. gen. A marked decline (in resources, standards, behaviour, etc.) occurs. ΚΠ 1906 Rev. of Reviews Apr. 361/1 From thence the rot set in, until..the average man had arrived..at Goldfinch's final state of morbid suspicion of every article of the Christian creed. 1938 R. Warner Professor v. 113 I really don't know how the rot set in, but the process may have been something like this. 1973 M. Woodhouse Blue Bone ii. 12 I went up to London..and that, as the saying goes, is where the rot set in. 2001 House Mag. 5 Nov. 28/3 The rot seemed to set in at Westminster shortly before the 1997 election. P2. to stop the rot. a. Cricket. To put an end to a rapid breakdown or fall of wickets. Hence in other sports: to end a slump in performance or scoring. ΚΠ 1888 Pauline July 680/2 Davidson, who was down on the list to go in last, was sent in to stop the ‘rot’. 1903 Times 18 July 14/3 Half the side was out for 44 runs. Mr. Lawton, Else, and Warren managed to stop the rot. 1911 Times 26 Apr. 16/6 A beautiful pitch at the 7th did something to ‘stop the rot’. 1997 Escape Mar.–Apr. 78/2 ‘We've got to stop the rot here,’ says Ron [Atkinson], ‘that's five defeats on the trot.’ b. gen. To end a decline (in resources, standards, behaviour, etc.). ΚΠ 1894 National Rev. Nov. 293 Mr. Elliot Lees has been a very capable [Parliamentary] candidate, and he may be able to stop the ‘rot’. 1926 G. M. Trevelyan Hist. Eng. vi. ii. 642 By these all too drastic measures the rot of pauperism was stopped. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement i. 38 He could not pretend to himself now that such pitiful economies as these could stop the rot. 2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ix. 289 It's not that group is worthless, it's not, it's valuable, it can truly stop the rot and turn lives around. < as lemmas |
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