| 单词 | sliotar |
| 释义 | sliotar, n. Hurling.
Brit. |ˈslɪtə|, U.S. |ˈslɪtər|
Plural -s, sliotair
Forms: 19– sliodar, 19– sliotair, 19– sliotar, 19– sliothair, 19– sliothar, 19– slitther
[‹ Irish sliotar ball used in hurling, of uncertain origin.
Forms with internal th are perhaps a result of the similarity in pronunciation between unpalatalized t in Irish and th in Irish English.The plural sliotair is after the Irish plural. Singular forms in final -air are probably originally erroneous uses of the Irish plural form.]
The hard leather-covered ball (similar in size to a tennis ball) used in hurling.
1910P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland 327 Slitther, a ball covered with that [thick, soft] leather, for hurling. 1974J. B. Keane Lett. of Love-Hungry Farmer in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 193 In fact there was a seam at the back of his pendants like you'd see on a sliotar which as you probably know is a hand-stitched hurley ball. 1997C. Carson Star Factory (1998) 44 It was on the former pitch that my left retina was detached when I jumped to catch a high ball and the sliotar was deflected by my fingertips against my open eye. 2004M. Hickey Irish Days 32/1 It's hard to get hold of the sliotar when the field is all mud. |
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