| 单词 | to row off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto row off to row off transitive (chiefly in passive) (of a deciding heat, race, etc.) to contest by rowing. Now rare. ΚΠ 1865 F. Chavasse Diary 4 Dec. in M. Smith & S. Taylor Evangelicalism in Church of Eng. (2004) 155 The heat for second place was rowed off between our boat & Bussell's. 1919 T. A. Cook Henley Races i. 7 It was necessary to row off some preliminary heats the day before the official racing began. 1956 Times 13 June 14 The first heats of the Oxford University Silver Sculls were rowed off yesterday. to row off A race offering the losers of previous heats a second chance to qualify for the final. Cf. earlier to row off at row v.1 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > types of rowing race torpid1838 bumping race1842 row-over1866 sculls1878 May1879 Lents1886 fours1891 getting-on race1892 row-off1893 re-row1901 tub-race1903 bumper1906 bump1923 bumps race1927 head race1953 1893 J. H. Bartlett & J. P. Gifford Dartmouth Athletics 72 Seniors won the row-off; '76 beat '79; Peabody '76 out-sculled Newell '79. 1914 1915 World Almanac (N.Y.) 333 In the row-off the Pennsylvania Barge Club won. 1994 Amer. Health Sept. 83/1 Hospitals, health clubs and other groups also hold indoor row-offs, with the top finishers flown to Boston to compete in the finals. 2005 B. F. Taylor Wisconsin where they Row xii. 217 In the row-off of heat winners, the Wisconsin four prevailed. < as lemmas |
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