| 釋義 |
wicket /'wikit; 'wikit/ n [C] 1 i ~ (-'door/-'gate), small door or gate, esp one at the side of, or made in, a larger one. 邊門; 便門; (尤指大門旁邊或大門上的)小門。 2 small opening (eg one with a sliding window) at which tickets are sold, 售票口; 售票處(如有拉窗者)。 3 (cricket) either of the two pairs of three stumps (with crosspieces called bails) at which the ball is bowled, → the illus at cricket; stretch of grass between two ~s: (板球)三柱門(其橫木稱作 bails) (參看 cricket 之插圖); 兩個三柱門之間的球場： take a ~, defeat a batsman. 擊敗一個擊球員。 A soft ~ (= soft ground between ~s) helps the bowler. - 柔軟的板球場有助于投球手。 Surrey were four ~ down, Four of their batsmen were out. 薩里隊有四位企球員被判出局了。 We won by six ~s, won with seven of our batsmen not out, 我們因七位擊球員未被判出局而獲勝。 keep ~, act as ~-keeper, 防守三柱門。 1~-keeper n player who stands behind the ~ to stop balls not struck by the batsman, to catch batsmen out, etc. 三柱門的守門員。 4 (US) croquet hoop. (M) 槌球戲中的弓形小織門。 |