winning post
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈwinning ˌpost noun [singular] British EnglishDSH the place where a race ends 〔比赛的〕终点柱 SYN the finish line
Examples from the Corpus
winning post• Rushing Wild's jockey, Richard Dunwoody, gave Dwyer a pat on the back a few yards after the winning post.• It was famous as the winning post of boat races from Westminster Bridge.• Bite the Bullet continued to drift left-handed as the winning post raced towards them.• Less than 50 yards from the winning post, the horse unaccountably staggered, collapsed to the ground, and failed to finish.• They made it to the winning post fairly creditably.• The tell-tale noises were close, but so was the winning post - or was it?ˈwinning ˌpost nounChineseSyllable
Corpus the place ends where a race
winning post
ˈwinning ˌpost
noun [singular]
British English the place where a race ends
SYN the finish line
ˈwinning ˌpost
noun [singular]British English the place where a race ends
SYN the finish line