词组 | in a dead heat |
释义 | Idiom in a dead heat Theme: SAMENESS [finishing a race] at exactly the same time; tied.The two horses finished the race in a dead heat.They ended the contest in a dead heat. in a dead heatIn a tie, as of evenly matched opponents in a competition. Their race times have been so close lately that I bet they'll be in a dead heat the whole time. Maddie and Megan finished the race in a dead heat, so we'll have to declare two winners. in a dead heatFig. [finishing a race] at exactly the same time; tied. The two horses finished the race in a dead heat. They ended the contest in a dead heat. dead heat, in aTied for first place. The term comes from horse-racing, in which “heat” used to mean simply a race (today its meaning is a bit more specific). It was in use by the late eighteenth century (“The whole race was run head and head, terminating in a dead heat,” Sporting Magazine, 1796). It later was applied to any contest in which there was a tie. |
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