单词 | winger |
释义 | wingern. 1. Nautical. A small cask or tank stowed in the wing of a ship's hold (wing n. 9b (a)). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > type of cask winger1794 harness-cask1818 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 286 The sides are filled-in with wingers of [? or] small casks. 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Wingers, small casks, stowed close to the side in a ship's hold, where the large casks would cause too great a rising in that part of the tier. 2. In Association Football, a player in the (right or left) wing; in Rugby, a forward whose place is on the ‘wing’ in the back row of the scrum. Also in Hockey and Lacrosse, a wing player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions wing-back1734 goalkeeper1789 outfielder1855 quarter1857 centre fielder1865 outfield1867 quarterback1867 right1867 centre1868 left wing1871 left-back1873 left half-back1873 centre forward1874 left-centre1877 right-centre1877 centre back1878 centre half-back1879 forward1879 back1880 right wing1880 right half-back1881 goaltender1882 right-winger1882 wing1882 centre half1884 left winger1884 inside1886 half1887 custodian1888 left half1888 midfielder1888 left wing1889 right half1889 centreman1890 midfield1890 outside right1890 outfieldsman1891 goalie1894 winger1896 infield1897 inside forward1897 inside right1897 outside forward1897 outside1898 outside left1900 rearguard1904 pivot1911 wing-man1942 keeper1957 link1958 linkman1963 midfield1976 1896 Bootle Times 18 Jan. 3/2 Dow making pretty headway and then passing to the left winger. 1903 P. Trevor Rugby Union Football 44 The danger..is that a race of mere ‘shovers’ will succeed a race of ‘wingers’. 1922 Daily Mail 15 Dec. 13 No right winger has more visibly impressed me than Sutcliffe this season. 1969 West Australian 5 July 32/3 Allowing winger Kaye Olsen to gain position and put Wembley into attack. 3. Nautical slang. a. A steward. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > servants attendants cabin boy1726 mess boy1813 steward1836 stewardess1837 peggy1902 mess1927 winger1929 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 152 Winger, a steward waiting at table, with the class prefixed. 1962 Times 26 Apr. 15/2 A winger is a steward on a passenger liner. 1962 Harper's Bazaar Dec. 74/3 Stewards will help you... Behind your back they will call you a ‘blood’—..they themselves being ‘wingers’—and wonder how much ‘rent’ you will pay them at the end of the voyage. b. A comrade or friend (see also quot. 1977). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend friendOE wineOE fellowa1225 friendmana1250 lovera1275 amic1330 gossipc1390 mikea1400 ally1406 amykec1450 favourer1483 favourite1590 palc1770 butty1791 amigo1813 amico1820 compadre1834 pally1863 tillicum1869 nigger1884 buddy1895 paxc1900 mutual1901 righto1908 segotia1917 bud1924 palsy1930 palsy-walsy1932 buddy-buddy1943 winger1943 mucker1947 main man1956 goombah1968 gabba1970 money1982 1943 Penguin New Writing 17 46 He had seen his ‘winger’, his best friend, decapitated. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 208 Winger, an assistant or ‘stooge’. The term has displaced ‘raggie’ as a name for a pal. (Navy.) 1957 R. Watson-Watt Three Steps to Victory xl. 233 Bickell,..Max's fidus Achates and ‘winger’ in M.A.P. and in the wide circles which rippled..out from that most explosive of Ministries. 1977 G. Melly Rum, Bum & Concertina v. 57 The expression ‘winger’ means, at its most innocent, a young seaman who is taken under the wing of a rating or Petty Officer older and more experienced than himself to be shown the ropes. 4. left-winger, right-winger: see left wing n. and adj., right wing n. and adj. Derivatives ˈwinging n. Rugby ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of play loose1892 winging1922 spoiling1937 1922 J. M. B. Scott Rugby Football 72 ‘Winging’..is the most scientific game a forward can play. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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