| 单词 | wide game |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswide game wide game n. (a) Sport (chiefly Rugby) a style of play that involves moving the ball into those areas of the pitch nearest to the sides, in order to stretch the play; (b) (esp. in the Scout movement) any outdoor game played over a wide area and involving a large number of participants. ΚΠ 1910 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 7 Feb. 5/5 Falkirk played the wide game, usually most discomforting to half backs, giving them no end of running about. 1936 Boys' Life Aug. 20/4 We played games: Wide Games with smugglers and G-men over large areas, and Close Games with Patrols pitted against one another on the camp playground. 1938 Iowa Recorder 23 Nov. 6/1 The afternoon was spent in pacing and mapping practice, ‘wide game’ period, proper use of knife, hatchet, cooking aids and types of fires. 1985 Times 25 Nov. 25/3 Scottish controlled the match by winning most of the loose ball, and they played the wide game, knowing the risks were minimal against this raw opposition. 2015 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Feb. 10 The artworks..are clues in a huge ‘wide game’ to be played across the central business district by 8000 Scouts on Sunday morning. < as lemmas |
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