英语词汇also-ran的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	also-ran
词源	also-ran. The joy may be in playing, not winning, but an also-ran means a loser, someone who competed but didn’t come near winning. The term is an Americanism first recorded (as also ran) with political reference in 1904, and derives from horse racing. The newspaper racing results once listed win, place, and show horses before listing, under the heading “Also Ran,” all other horses that finished out of the money.
随便看	come a cropper come again come day go day god send sunday come down like a ton of bricks on someone comedy comedy of errors come hell or high water come in with one-s five eggs come off it come out of here you damned old reb come out of the closet come out the little end of the horn come see come to a head come to a screeching halt come-too-soon come up and see me sometime come up for air comeuppance come up roses come up to scratch come what may comfort me with apples comic strip coming apart at the seams

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