| 单词 | call-over |
| 释义 | > as lemmascall-over call-over n. (a) British a roll-call (now historical); (b) Horse Racing a meeting held to determine the betting odds for a particular race, in which bets are placed on horses whose names are read out from a list (now rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > reading aloud of names call1606 absence1753 mustering1769 bill1814 muster roll1834 call-over1863 1863 Uppingham School Mag. May 65 At call-over for Morning Church of course everyone was full of it. 1887 Charity Organ. Rev. June 245 A Saturday call-over at school. 1925 Illustr. London News 23 May 1016/2 As a result of the Derby call-over at the Victoria Club.., Mr. H. E. Morris's Manna..and Lord Astor's Cross Bow became joint favourites for the Derby at 11 to 2. 1927 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 15/1 That all such bets transacted at the club's ‘calls-over’ would be free of tax to the backer. 1961 Glasgow Herald 9 May 6/6 Their prices remained on the same mark as at last Monday's call-over. 2001 F. Spalding Gwen Raverat vi. 96 Each morning she left for school at 7.28 in order to be at ‘call-over’ by 7.40. < as lemmas |
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