| 单词 | triple crown |
| 释义 | > as lemmastriple crown triple crown n. a threefold crown; spec. (a) the papal tiara; also, a heraldic bearing representing this = tiara n. 2b; (b) in horse racing, the winning of the three races known as the ‘Two Thousand Guineas’, the ‘Derby’, and the ‘St. Leger’ (also attributive); (c) also applied to several other instances of winning three victories in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, and, in Rugby Union and hockey, the winning by England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales of victory over each of the other three in the same season. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > tiara triple crown1555 tiar1616 tiaraa1660 triple hat1841 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of articles of clothing > [noun] > crowns and coronets triple crown1555 coronet1709 radiate crown1752 tiara1780 Venice crownc1828 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > set or series, considered as an achievement triple crown1897 slam1934 grand slam1948 treble1959 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > winning three races triple crown1897 treble1924 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > winning three internationals triple crown1899 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > hockey > [noun] > three international wins triple crown1953 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 226v A triple crowne much lyke the popes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 66. 1624 W. Bedel Copies Certaine Lett. iv. 78 In one scutchion with the crosse Keyes and triple crown in the crest. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Tiara, or Triple Crown, with clouds in base issuing rays, being part of the arms of the Drapers' Company. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. (1855) viii. 272 The triple crown of the papacy. 1894 Parker's Gloss. Her. Tiara, the pope's triple crown occurs in the arms of one Company. 1897 Daily News 7 Sept. 5/1 What the sporting prophets love to call the ‘triple crown’,..the Two Thousand, the Derby, and the St. Leger. 1899 Whitaker's Almanack 648/2 In their last match at Cardiff against Wales, Ireland won by a try to nothing, securing the triple crown with three straight victories as in 1894. 1901 Daily Chron. 20 July 9/1 The triple-crown winner stood a sound 6 to 4 on chance. 1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 413 Race horses which win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont are said to win the Triple Crown. 1953 Times 10 Apr. 4/5 A victory for England [over Scotland at hockey] will mean that the meeting of Ireland and England in Dublin on April 18 will be a fight for the triple crown. 1974 Sunday Tel. 7 Apr. 36/7 Hockey history was made on the Cardiff University ground at Llanrumney where Wales won the Championship and took the Triple Crown for the first time since the quadrangular tourney began in 1903. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 22 May 6/4 She may never win a Triple Crown race herself—no woman ever has—but she says she'll ‘definitely ride again; it's in my blood’. 1978 World of Tennis (BP Yearbk.) 179 The Virginia Slims Championship is the first event in the Triple Crown (Wimbledon and Forest Hills are the others) which has replaced the Grand Slam at the pinnacle of achievement in women's tennis. 1979 M. Boyce I was There! 47/2 Twelve..the number of times Wales have won the Triple Crown. 1979 Harvard Gaz. 23 Feb. 2 Zoo Captain Bill Renke is the only person to have won the tiddlywinks Triple Crown—the Singles, Pairs, and Team Championships. < as lemmas |
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