| 单词 | to throw one's wicket away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw one's wicket away d. Cricket. to throw one's wicket away: (of a batter) to be dismissed as a result of careless or unnecessarily risky play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > lose wicket carelessly to throw one's wicket away1860 1860 N.Y. Times 6 July 8/4 A loss of seven wickets—two of which were thrown away by the batsmen's unnecessary hurry in sending their men to the wickets in the darkness of the twilight. 1898 K. S. Ranjitsinhji With Stoddart's Team (ed. 4) xii. 237 Many wickets were thrown away by the batsmen at critical periods by careless and hasty strokes. 1904 P. F. Warner How we recovered Ashes ix. 185 Braund, Bosanquet, and Rhodes literally threw their wickets away. 1973 Observer 27 May 26/7 Sometimes I get in a dreamlike state and know I am on the point of throwing my wicket away through carelessness. 2007 Times of India 5 Mar. 23/2 Yousuf..would throw his wicket away, playing a rash shot after scoring a bright 30 or 40. < as lemmas |
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