| 单词 | to smite a six |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto smite a six (also a homer, etc.) e. transitive. Originally and chiefly Cricket. To produce (a hit of a specified type) by striking the ball very hard, as to smite a six (also a homer, etc.). Also: to defeat (a team) or prevail against (a bowler) in this way. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke take1578 stop1744 nip1752 block1772 drive1773 cut1816 draw1816 tip1816 poke1836 spoon1836 mow1844 to put up1845 smother1845 sky1849 crump1850 to pick up1851 pull1851 skyrocket1851 swipe1851 to put down1860 to get away1868 smite1868 snick1871 lift1874 crack1882 smack1882 off-drive1888 snip1890 leg1892 push1893 hook1896 flick1897 on-drive1897 chop1898 glance1898 straight drive1898 cart1903 edge1904 tonk1910 sweep1920 mishook1934 middle1954 square-drive1954 tickle1963 square-cut1976 slash1977 splice1982 paddle1986 1868 Marlburian 13 May 72/1 Woodhouse who smote a seven, was bowled for 12. 1891 W. G. Grace Cricket iv. 127 Mr. I. D. Walker..smote them to the tune of 90. 1904 F. C. Holland Cricket 28 After you have smitten him [sc. the bowler of yorkers] full-pitch two or three times, he will soon stop bothering you in this way. 1956 Paris (Texas) News 13 Sept. 10/2 The winning runs were driven in by Oliver who smote a homer with one aboard in the eighth. 1982 P. Tinniswood More Tales from Long Room vii. 87 My next sermon will take as its text: ‘And, lo, Harry Halliday was a plump man, yet many a six did he smite for Yorkshire.’ 2014 L. Marinos Blood & Circuses iii. 22 He smote Ian Meckiff straight for six, off the back foot. < as lemmas |
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