单词 | to break records |
释义 | > as lemmasto break (all) records P8. to break (also beat) the record: to surpass the previous best performance in a particular activity; also (hyperbolical) indicating that the activity is done a lot, or to an excessive extent. Also to break (all) records, etc. Cf. record-breaking n. and adj. at Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass what has been done or exists > set a record > beat a record to break (also beat) the record1880 break1909 crack1953 1880 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Times 11 Apr. Hart is now certain to beat the record of ‘Blower’ Brown. 1884 Evening Gaz. (Cesar Rapids, Iowa) 21 Jan. He broke the record for a ‘standing high kick’. 1898 R. M. Stuart Moriah's Mourning 67 The two men..had broken the record for generosity. 1901 Speaker 26 Jan. 469/1 Sportsmen may be divided into two classes—those who care more for the chase than the killing and those who merely make ‘bags’ and break records. 1902 C. Lane in H. H. Ayer Harriet Hubbard Ayer's Bk. App. 475 The girl who has broken the record for consuming pie. 1922 Daily Mail 13 Nov. 7 Cabaret, as exemplified by the Midnight Follies at the Hotel Metropole, also broke all records. 1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xxi. 289 He could tell all chauffeuring Grasse how he had beaten the record to Paris. 1977 J. Rechy Sexual Outlaw 37 Exhibitionistically breaking records before the involuntarily captive audience. 1993 Cricket World 3 Apr. 20 (caption) Allan Border sweeps for 4 and breaks the record for the number of runs scored in Test Cricket. 2002 L. Baldovi Foxhole View iii. 204 I must have broken the record for saying the ‘Hail Mary’. < as lemmas |
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