亚洲网紅露点

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second string

noun

  1. Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
  2. a secondary position, status, or group, as in a level of corporate management.


second string

noun

  1. an alternative course of action, etc, intended to come into use should the first fail (esp in the phrase a second string to one's bow )
  2. a substitute or reserve player or team
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. sport
    1. being a substitute player
    2. being the second-ranked player of a team in an individual sport
  2. second-rate or inferior
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉别肠顎僶苍诲-蝉迟谤颈苍驳顎 adjective
  • 蝉别肠顎僶苍诲-蝉迟谤颈苍驳顎僥r noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of second string1

1635鈥45 in sense 鈥渂ackup, resort,鈥 alluding to a second bowstring; 1860鈥65, applied to racehorses; 1950鈥55, to sports teams
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Manchester United's second string versus such a poor West Ham side with nothing to play for is not exactly essential viewing, is it?

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And even though they are playing their second string in the tournament - with star player Cole Palmer not even registered - they are blowing everyone away.

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鈥淭here鈥檚 no starters, there鈥檚 no second string, there鈥檚 no third string,鈥 Bruener said.

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Fill in intermittently for the starters or the second string during practice when they need a break.

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A second string side eked out a 25-13 win over Italy in Edinburgh at the end of July, while Scotland and France traded narrow home wins in the following preparation Tests.

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