英语词汇“the ruck”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. the ruck.

a. Horse Racing (now chiefly Australian and New Zealand). The main body of horses following the race leader or leaders; the pack. Later also in other racing sports.In quot. 1884 in extended use, with reference to a group of attacking soldiers.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance > collectively

the ruck1825

1825 Times 26 Sept. 2/5 Cleveland..ran about a quarter of a mile in the ruck, when he declined.

1862 London Society July 86/2 A length and a half separates Buckstone from The Marquis, Neptunus is fourth, The Knave fifth, Zetland sixth, and then come the ruck close together.

1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag 180 Summers came panting in with the ruck, after all was over.

1904 Outing Nov. 176/1 As they swung into the stretch..one of the new men came up out of the ruck and ate up the lead and broke the tape a winner.

1959 M. Gee in Landfall June 131 A poor race, a run home in the ruck, would lengthen her price for the next start.

2000 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 12 May 94 The race can be rough and because he has raced back in the ruck he either gets a direct check or the backwash of another.

b. Frequently depreciative. Chiefly with of. The ordinary, undistinguished majority of a group of people or things; the mass; the ‘common herd’. Also with modifying word. Cf. pack n.¹ 4.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > the generality

commona1382

commonalty1547

generality?1570

commonality1647

the ruck1847

1847 C. Thomson Autobiogr. Artisan vi. 163 It becomes a difficult matter to pick one out of the ruck.

1879 Contemp. Rev. 36 291 I write simply as one of that common ruck of ordinary practical working men.

1894 F. M. Elliot Rom. Gossip xii. 290 A great name, rising out of the feeble ruck of modern Italian sculpture.

1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders ii. 50 It had been a great experience, something that had lifted the day far out of the ruck of days.

1947 G. H. Scholefield Notable N.Z. Statesmen ix. 139 Only one of this ministry..was ever heard of again above the ruck.

2003 Independent 15 Jan. (Review section) 7/1 Some special, numinous quality..that marks them out from the ruck of humanity.

单词	the ruck
释义	> as lemmas the ruck 4. the ruck. a. Horse Racing (now chiefly Australian and New Zealand). The main body of horses following the race leader or leaders; the pack. Later also in other racing sports.In quot. 1884 in extended use, with reference to a group of attacking soldiers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance > collectively the ruck1825 1825 Times 26 Sept. 2/5 Cleveland..ran about a quarter of a mile in the ruck, when he declined. 1862 London Society July 86/2 A length and a half separates Buckstone from The Marquis, Neptunus is fourth, The Knave fifth, Zetland sixth, and then come the ruck close together. 1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag 180 Summers came panting in with the ruck, after all was over. 1904 Outing Nov. 176/1 As they swung into the stretch..one of the new men came up out of the ruck and ate up the lead and broke the tape a winner. 1959 M. Gee in Landfall June 131 A poor race, a run home in the ruck, would lengthen her price for the next start. 2000 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 12 May 94 The race can be rough and because he has raced back in the ruck he either gets a direct check or the backwash of another. b. Frequently depreciative. Chiefly with of. The ordinary, undistinguished majority of a group of people or things; the mass; the ‘common herd’. Also with modifying word. Cf. pack n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > the generality commona1382 commonalty1547 generality?1570 commonality1647 the ruck1847 1847 C. Thomson Autobiogr. Artisan vi. 163 It becomes a difficult matter to pick one out of the ruck. 1879 Contemp. Rev. 36 291 I write simply as one of that common ruck of ordinary practical working men. 1894 F. M. Elliot Rom. Gossip xii. 290 A great name, rising out of the feeble ruck of modern Italian sculpture. 1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders ii. 50 It had been a great experience, something that had lifted the day far out of the ruck of days. 1947 G. H. Scholefield Notable N.Z. Statesmen ix. 139 Only one of this ministry..was ever heard of again above the ruck. 2003 Independent 15 Jan. (Review section) 7/1 Some special, numinous quality..that marks them out from the ruck of humanity. extracted from ruckn.¹ < as lemmas
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