outwick

发音

US /ˈaʊtˌwɪk/
US /aʊtˈwɪk/
UK /ˈaʊtˌwɪk/
UK /aʊtˈwɪk/
SCOT /ˈʌʉtˌwɪk/
SCOT /ʌʉtˈwɪk/

词形变化

outwicks 复数 outwicks outwicked outwicking outwicks 三单 outwicking 现在分词 outwicked 过去式 outwicked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To play (one's stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

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  2. 2.

    Of a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

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词源

The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.

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