| 单词 | three-quarters |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : three-quarterthree-quartersn.adj.adv. > as lemmasthree-quarters 2. three-quarter (plural three-quarters), in Rugby Football, short for three-quarter back n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1889 H. Vassall Rugby Football 13 If he [the captain] is playing four three-quarters and finds that his eight forwards are swamped by the opposing nine, he must make his extra three-quarter go forward. 1897 Whitaker's Almanack 645/1 The English halves and three-quarters were run out before they had a chance of getting away. three-quarters a. three-quarter (rarely three-quarters). Amounting to three quarters of the whole; one quarter less in magnitude or dimension than that which is complete or full; three-fourths of the ordinary; also vaguely (cf. A. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > for the most part nigheOE almostOE three-quarters1677 e'enamost1735 about1769 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adjective] > divided into four > three-quarter three-quarter1677 1677 London Gaz. No. 1239/4 A middle sized Fox Beagle,..white breast, and her legs whitish, with three quarter sterne. 1684 J. P. von Valcaren Relation Siege Vienna 204 Three quarter Cannons, of each 36 pound. 1700 Let. 8 Apr. in T. Brown 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 101 As if he had been riding three-quarter-speed. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 448 Adjoining to the walls are ten three-quarter columns. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 33/1 Secured with three-quarter inch bolts. 1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxii. 292 A three-quarter moon was staring down at her own image. < see also as lemmas |
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