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单词 to run at the ring
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to run (also ride) at the ring
a. A circlet of metal suspended from a post which each of a number of riders attempted to carry off on the point of a lance. Chiefly in to run (also ride) at the ring; also †to win the ring: to carry off the prize. Now historical.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > carry off the prize
to win the ringa1513
to bear or carry away the bell1594
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > other competitions
ringa1513
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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxvi. f. cxxxvv For Harolde, was stronge of knyghtes and Rychesse, He wanne the Rynge.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. vii Certayn noble men made a wager to runne at the rynge.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 742 Assaying..Now the nigh aymed ring away to beare.
a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) ii. ii. 79 To fight at barriers, or to breake a launce, Or in theire full careere to take the ring.
1686 London Gaz. No. 2142/3 After which they ran at the Ring, and the Marquis de la Chastre got the Prize.
1723 R. Blackmore Alfred ix. 323 With long protended Spears these tilting spring, Those run with manag'd Coursers at the Ring.
1798 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XX. 433 They spend the evening in some public competition of dexterity or skill. Of these, ‘riding at the ring’..is the chief.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. ix. 317 Egging me on to run at the ring for every prize.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. vi. 316 Carrousel..is, in fact, a kind of superb betailored running at the ring.
1939 N. Carolina: Guide to Old North State (Federal Writers' Project) 92 Knights still ride at the ring in some of the Southern States.
2005 E. Fox-Genovese & E. D. Genovese Mind of Master Class iii. x. 356 ‘Knights’ rode at the ring rather than at each other—but the ring was no easy conquest.
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