| 词汇 | cricket |
| 释义 | cricketWord family nouncricketercricketingcricket Cricket, Insects crick·et /ˈkrɪkɪt/ ●●○ noun 1. [uncountableU]DSC a game between two teams of 11 players in which players try to get points by hitting a ball and running between two sets of three sticks 板球（运动） 2. [countableC]HBI a small brown insect that can jump, and that makes a rough sound by rubbing its wings together 蟋蟀 n COLLOCATIONS verbs play cricket Do you play cricket? watch cricket cricket + NOUNHe likes to spend summer weekends watching cricket. a cricket bat (=that you use to hit the ball) a cricket team the Australian cricket team a cricket club (=a group of people who play cricket together, or the place where they play and meet socially) The village cricket club held a barbecue. a cricket field/ground/pitch (=area of ground where cricket is played) the school cricket field a cricket match (=a game of cricket) the cricket season (=the time of year when people play cricket) a cricket player He used to be a professional cricket player. a cricket captain (=the leader of a cricket team) a cricket tour (=a trip to a different country to play cricket) England's cricket tour to the West Indies a cricket fan (=someone who likes cricket, especially watching it) types of cricketcounty cricket (=played between counties in England) international/world cricket He brought South Africa back into international cricket. Test cricket (=played between the teams of different countries) Examples from the Corpus cricket• At the reception, to entertain the bridesmaids, I ate a black cricket the size of my thumb.• In 1937 county cricket was estimated to have lost £30,000.• Think of five-day cricket on television.• It is a hum like the sound of crickets in the summer, a sound urging men to joy and mirth.• After retiring, he became a radio commentator on cricket and rugby and also wrote about both sports for Sunday newspapers.• He gets his first taste of inter-pro cricket.• We spent beyond our means when I was playing Test cricket before and earning good money.• Outside, the crickets chirped monotonously, with a Webern-like inconsistency yet precision of rhythm. 1. (1500-1600) Old French criquet “stick at which a ball is thrown” 2. (1300-1400) Old French criquet, from the sound it makes. |
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