…However, since horse racing in the UK has not been popular for that long, the word itself is thought to be relatively new. Today, it is used to mean a drawn game, that is, a game with no contest, and is abbreviated to "draw." It is also used to refer to the lottery used to determine the pairings in tennis, and to the golf stroke (a ball that flies straight but then curves slightly to the left). … *Some of the terminology that mentions "drawn game" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ただし,イギリスの競馬が盛んに行われるようになるのはそれほど古いことではないので,このことばそのものは比較的新しいと考えられる。こんにちでは,ドローン・ゲームdrawn game,すなわち〈引分け〉〈無勝負〉の試合の意味で用いられており,略称して〈ドロー〉と呼んでいる。このほかには,テニスの組合せを決めるくじ引き,ゴルフの打法(まっすぐに飛んだボールがわずかに左に切れる球すじ)にも用いられている。… ※「drawn game」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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