“prize、ring”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

prize-ring

释义

prize-ring|ˈpraɪzˌrɪŋ|
[f. after prize-fight: see ring n.¹ 14.]
A ring or enclosed space (now a square area enclosed by poles and ropes) for prize-fighting; hence transf. the practice of prize-fighting (cf. the turf = horse-racing); also attrib. belonging to prize-fighting, characteristic of prize-fighters.
1822Sunday Times 20 Oct. 4/2 Bill Cropley, one of the heroes of the prize-ring, but now a hard-working coal⁓heaver.1840D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rur. Sports §4020 Two of the members of ‘the ancient prize-ring’ in actual combat.1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxiv, Captain Rook with his horse-jockey jokes and prize-ring slang.1861J. Crawfurd in Trans. Ethnol. Soc. I. 367 One of this race had nearly carried off the championship of England in the prize-ring.1884Times (weekly ed.) 17 Oct. 2/2 Better..not to introduce into political controversy the language of the prize-ring.

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