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

7. To support one's opinions, judgements, etc., as to an undecided issue, by a wager or bet. to back a horse: to bet or stake money upon its winning a race; to back the field: to bet upon the aggregate of the horses in a race, against one in particular. Also transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)]

back1697

to put one's money on1847

to put one's shirt on1856

play1858

lump1864

lay1877

stand1877

to get on ——1884

to bet (also stake) one's shirt (that)1892

to go a (or the) bundle on1938

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 12 Now back your singing with an equal Stake.

1699 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 505 The lord Wharton's horse Carelesse has beaten another backt by the duke of Devon, etc. for £1900.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxvii. 14 Most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinions by a wager.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful II. vi. 134 Some one backed me against another man in the ring for fifty pound a-side.

1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lxx Bet on the field—never back the favourite.

1878 Chambers's Encycl. V. 428 There are men..ready to lay against any horse and ‘back’ the ‘field’.

1888 Daily News 29 June Pillarist was backed against the field.

1913 Punch 26 Mar. 250/2 The sanguine mood induced by backing two winners.

1922 C. L. Graves Mr. Punch's Hist. III. 15 Lord Salisbury made his remarkable speech about our having ‘backed the wrong horse, i.e. Turkey, in the Crimean War’.

1940 D. Wheatley Scarlet Imposter ii. 20 They [sc. German industrialists] backed the wrong horse, for Hitler has been their taskmaster ever since.

1955 Times 9 June 6/3 Dr. Clark said he never backed greyhounds but confined his modest betting to horses.

单词	to back the field
释义	> as lemmas to back the field 7. To support one's opinions, judgements, etc., as to an undecided issue, by a wager or bet. to back a horse: to bet or stake money upon its winning a race; to back the field: to bet upon the aggregate of the horses in a race, against one in particular. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] back1697 to put one's money on1847 to put one's shirt on1856 play1858 lump1864 lay1877 stand1877 to get on ——1884 to bet (also stake) one's shirt (that)1892 to go a (or the) bundle on1938 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 12 Now back your singing with an equal Stake. 1699 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 505 The lord Wharton's horse Carelesse has beaten another backt by the duke of Devon, etc. for £1900. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxvii. 14 Most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinions by a wager. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful II. vi. 134 Some one backed me against another man in the ring for fifty pound a-side. 1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lxx Bet on the field—never back the favourite. 1878 Chambers's Encycl. V. 428 There are men..ready to lay against any horse and ‘back’ the ‘field’. 1888 Daily News 29 June Pillarist was backed against the field. 1913 Punch 26 Mar. 250/2 The sanguine mood induced by backing two winners. 1922 C. L. Graves Mr. Punch's Hist. III. 15 Lord Salisbury made his remarkable speech about our having ‘backed the wrong horse, i.e. Turkey, in the Crimean War’. 1940 D. Wheatley Scarlet Imposter ii. 20 They [sc. German industrialists] backed the wrong horse, for Hitler has been their taskmaster ever since. 1955 Times 9 June 6/3 Dr. Clark said he never backed greyhounds but confined his modest betting to horses. extracted from backv. < as lemmas
随便看	θ86455 θ86456 θ86457 θ86458 θ86459 θ8646 θ86460 θ86461 θ86462 θ86463 θ86464 θ86465 θ86466 θ86467 θ86468 θ86469 θ8647 θ86470 θ86471 θ86472 θ86473 θ86474 θ86475 θ86476 θ86477

> as lemmas