cricket
/ˈkrɪkɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkrɪkɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkri-kət/ (ame, mw)
cricket — 名詞
- cricketsingular
- cricketsplural
1. a sport played on grass between two sides of eleven players each, in which the b
板球
兩隊各十一人的球類運動
a sport played on grass between two sides of eleven players each, in which the batting side uses a flat wooden bat to strike a hard ball and earns points by sprinting back and forth between two clusters of upright poles called wickets
Théo spent every Saturday afternoon playing cricket with his school team.
Théo 每個週六下午都跟學校球隊打板球。
play + cricket — common verb–noun collocation
The charity cricket match between India and Australia raised a large sum of money.
那場印度對澳洲的慈善板球賽募到了大筆資金。
cricket match + between [teams]
In cricket, each side bats twice and bowls in turn over one or two days.
在板球中，每隊輪流打擊和投球，比賽持續一到兩天。
Haruto scored forty-two runs in the final cricket game of the season.
Haruto 在本季最後一場板球賽中得了四十二分。
Cricket is a popular summer sport across the United Kingdom and Australia.
板球在英國和澳洲是受歡迎的夏季運動。
用法筆記
Cricket matches can last from a few hours (Twenty20 format) to five days (Test matches). The equipment includes a wooden bat, a hard leather ball, and three wooden stumps called a wicket.
常見錯誤
2. a small leaping insect with a dark body that produces brief chirping sounds, mos
蟋蟀
褐色或黑色昆蟲，雄蟲摩擦翅膀發出叫聲
a small leaping insect with a dark body that produces brief chirping sounds, most often heard after nightfall, by scraping its front wings together
A cricket in the garden chirped all night and kept Sari awake.
花園裡有隻蟋蟀啾啾叫了一整夜，讓 Sari 睡不著。
cricket + chirp — the sound a cricket makes
Ayesha heard a cricket rubbing its wings together behind the old wooden cupboard.
Ayesha 聽到舊木櫥後面有隻蟋蟀在摩擦翅膀。
rub + wings together — how crickets produce sound
The brown cricket jumped across the patio and disappeared into a crack in the wall.
那隻褐色蟋蟀跳過露臺，消失在牆縫裡。
On warm summer nights the sound of crickets filled the air around the cabin.
在溫暖的夏夜裡，蟋蟀的叫聲充滿了小屋四周的空氣。
Rafael caught a cricket in a jar and showed his brother how it made noise.
Rafael 用罐子捉了一隻蟋蟀，秀給哥哥看牠是怎麼發出聲音的。
- grasshopper
a related jumping insect, but grasshoppers are typically larger, greener, and make sound by rubbing legs against wings, not wings together
用法筆記
Only male crickets chirp; they do so by rubbing a ridge on one wing against a row of teeth on the other wing. The chirping rate changes with temperature.
常見錯誤
cricket — 動詞
- cricketpresent simple I / you / we / they
- crickets3rd person singular
- cricketing-ing form
- cricketedpast simple
1. to take part in a game of cricket as a player
打板球
參與板球比賽
to take part in a game of cricket as a player
Luca played cricket for his university team during his years in London.
Luca 在倫敦讀書時為大學球隊打板球。
play cricket + for + team — common verb–noun collocation with team
The children played cricket on the village green until the sun went down behind the hills.
孩子們在村里的草地上打板球，直到太陽落山。
Elena played cricket every weekend when she lived in Australia with her family.
Elena 住在澳洲時每個週末都跟家人打板球。
The neighbours used to play cricket together before the park was turned into a car park.
鄰居們以前常常一起打板球，直到那片公園被改建為停車場。
Nellie rarely plays cricket these days because she injured her throwing arm last season.
Nellie 最近很少打板球，因為她上個賽季傷了投球的那隻手臂。
- play cricket
the far more common way to express the same meaning; 'cricket' as a verb is rare and slightly literary
文法句型
play cricket + (for + team/place) + (time expression)
用法筆記
The verb 'cricket' (as in 'to cricket') is very rare in everyday conversation; speakers almost always say 'play cricket' instead. The simple past form 'cricketed' and present participle 'cricketing' exist but are seldom used.