单词 | to pad up |
释义 | > as lemmasto pad up to pad up 1. intransitive. Cricket. Of a batter: to place the front foot down the wicket (usually outside the off stump), so that a ball which cuts back towards the stumps will be blocked by the pad. ΚΠ 1947 Times 4 Mar. 2/4 His shrewd way of getting behind the ball and padding up. 1977 Sunday Express 30 Jan. 31/7 Gaekwad padded up to one which came back into him from Lever. 1988 Wisden Cricket Monthly Aug. 36/2 Childs..fooled the Guyana youngster into padding up to a ball which didn't spin away. 2. transitive (in passive). Sport. To be wearing protective pads or padding. ΚΠ 1952 Times 31 May 4/4 India had their ninth pair together with the last man, the injured Ghulam Ahmed, padded up ready to hobble to the wicket. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Nov. e1 I was having a hard time just breathing. But they've got me padded up pretty good right now and I think I'll be all right. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xvi. 306 He told Harry he wanted me to run around in circles, fully padded up, holding a bat above my head. 3. intransitive. Sport. To put on protective pads or padding. ΚΠ 1974 Times 7 Dec. 7/8 He will arrive here in Sunday in time for a net on Monday and Tuesday... The rumour that Cowdrey has been told to pad up in the aircraft is unconfirmed. 1985 Sports Illustr. (Nexis) 30 Sept. 70 We always used to laugh at DB's who padded up, guys like Dave Elmendorf, who wore a tractor tire around his neck. 1993 Fighters Aug. 97/2 Sensei Ritchie had given the command to pad up and it was decided, among the black belts, that the sparring would be continuous. < as lemmas |
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