| 单词 | to play off a tie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play off a tie a. Equality between two or more competitors or the sides in a match or contest; a match in which this occurs, a drawn match; a dead heat. Hence, to play off a tie, to shoot off a tie, etc., to resolve or determine a tie, by playing another match.ⓘIn cricket used specifically to denote a match in which the scores are level after both teams have completed their innings, as opposed to a draw in which the scheduled playing time elapses without either team having won (see draw n. 19b). In other sporting contexts draw is now the more usual term in British, Irish, Australian, and New Zealand English for a match which finishes with the scores level. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > draw or tie tie1680 patt1735 love1742 tie game1742 game and game1745 draw1823 standoff1842 split1967 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > rivalry or vying > equality between sides tie1680 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition > viewed in terms of equality of parties > equality in a contest tie1736 level pegging1927 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) xv. 93 If each win a trick and the third tyed, neither win, because it is trick and tye. 1736 London Evening-post 2 Sept. The great Match at Single Wicket... The Country got but six,..which made it a Tye. 1837 T. Hook Jack Brag I. iii. 73 To see the ties shot off of the great pigeon match. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. viii. iii. 206 The Government count on the seat, though with the new Registration 'tis nearly a tie. 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean II. ii. vi. 24 We are bracketed—it's a tie. The judges say there is no choice between the designs. < as lemmas |
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