| 单词 | waiting race |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaiting race waiting race n. a race in which the superiority of the winner is designedly not displayed till near the end of the course; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > delaying tactics ambage1546 stall off1819 delaying tactic1867 waiting race1868 waiting game1890 foot-dragging1947 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 1868 H. Woodruff & C. J. Foster Trotting Horse Amer. xxxvi. 297 Tallman made a waiting-race of it, and pulled Flora back three lengths. 1883 M. E. Kennard Right Sort xx Mrs. Forrester will ride a waiting race throughout. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay vi. 98 You can do no good,—as they didn't find her within the first week it will just be a waiting race. 1886 Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire & W. G. Craven in Earl of Suffolk et al. Racing & Steeple-chasing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 224 The style in which Buckle..particularly shone was in riding a waiting race... ‘None of your lying off and winning in the last stride for me’, would the owner of Euclid exclaim. < as lemmas |
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