英语词汇“by a neck”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. Horse Racing. The length of a horse's neck, used as a measurement of the distance separating two horses at the finishing line of a race; esp. in (to win or lose) by a neck. Also figurative and in extended use. Cf. neck and neck at Phrases 10.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > win

to win (also lose, etc.) by a head1743

(to win or lose) by a neck1791

to win in a canter1853

to win cleverly1881

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > greyhound racing > take part in greyhound racing [verb (intransitive)] > win

(to win or lose) by a neck1791

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > distance between two horses

horse-head1623

nose1851

neck1865

short head1883

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > only just win

(to win or lose) by a neck1873

1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship xii. 49 But Looby [sc. a racehorse] being distrest by the severity of this, and the first heat, was forc'd to submit to his adversary..by half a neck.

1800 S. T. Coleridge in Morning Post 15 Jan. 2/3 A question the most important..will be lost or won by half a neck.

1865 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old (1875) 32 She'd always fetch up at the stand just about a neck ahead.

1873 J. Blackwood Let. 7 June in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) V. 421 There was a grand [golf] match..my man the young champion Tom Morris came in winner by a neck.

1901 C. W. Barnard MS Let. 31 Dec. (National Army Museum) 7 The V.C. race won by a neck by Alf Dyson.

1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 544 The worst of it is that I only lost by a neck; the other fellow beat me by three marks!

1975 Times 21 July 7/4 If Juliette Marny had not cocked her head..a few strides from the post Piggott thought the margin of success would have been half a length rather than a neck.

1997 Sun 21 Aug. 52/6 33–1 outsider Far Ahead got up by a neck to pip 5–1 favourite Media Star in the £100,000 Tote-Ebor at York.

单词	by a neck
释义	> as lemmas (to win or lose) by a neck 4. Horse Racing. The length of a horse's neck, used as a measurement of the distance separating two horses at the finishing line of a race; esp. in (to win or lose) by a neck. Also figurative and in extended use. Cf. neck and neck at Phrases 10. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > win to win (also lose, etc.) by a head1743 (to win or lose) by a neck1791 to win in a canter1853 to win cleverly1881 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > greyhound racing > take part in greyhound racing [verb (intransitive)] > win (to win or lose) by a neck1791 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > distance between two horses horse-head1623 nose1851 neck1865 short head1883 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > only just win (to win or lose) by a neck1873 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship xii. 49 But Looby [sc. a racehorse] being distrest by the severity of this, and the first heat, was forc'd to submit to his adversary..by half a neck. 1800 S. T. Coleridge in Morning Post 15 Jan. 2/3 A question the most important..will be lost or won by half a neck. 1865 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old (1875) 32 She'd always fetch up at the stand just about a neck ahead. 1873 J. Blackwood Let. 7 June in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) V. 421 There was a grand [golf] match..my man the young champion Tom Morris came in winner by a neck. 1901 C. W. Barnard MS Let. 31 Dec. (National Army Museum) 7 The V.C. race won by a neck by Alf Dyson. 1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 544 The worst of it is that I only lost by a neck; the other fellow beat me by three marks! 1975 Times 21 July 7/4 If Juliette Marny had not cocked her head..a few strides from the post Piggott thought the margin of success would have been half a length rather than a neck. 1997 Sun 21 Aug. 52/6 33–1 outsider Far Ahead got up by a neck to pip 5–1 favourite Media Star in the £100,000 Tote-Ebor at York. extracted from neckn.¹ < as lemmas
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