cricket

英 [ˈkrɪkɪt]

美 [ˈkrɪkɪt]

n. 板球(运动); 蟋蟀; 蛐蛐

复数：crickets　

Collins.3 / BNC.2496 / COCA.8382

习惯用语

not cricket

noun

板球（运动）
a game played on grass by two teams of 11 players. Players score points (called runs ) by hitting the ball with a wooden bat and running between two sets of vertical wooden sticks, called stumps .
1. a cricket match/team/club/ball
  板球比赛 / 运动队 / 俱乐部；板球
蟋蟀；蛐蛐
a small brown jumping insect that makes a loud high sound by rubbing its wings together
1. the chirping of crickets
  蟋蟀的唧唧叫声

N-UNCOUNT 板球(运动)
Cricketis an outdoor game played between two teams. Players try to score points, called runs, by hitting a ball with a wooden bat.
1. During the summer term we would play cricket at the village ground.
  在夏季学期，我们会在村里的空地上打板球。
2. ...the Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
  约克郡板球俱乐部
PHRASE 不公正;不光明正大;不光彩
If you say that someone's behaviour isnot cricket, you mean that they have not behaved fairly.
1. Their treatment of staff is definitely not cricket.
  他们对待员工的方式绝对不公正。
蟋蟀;蛐蛐
Acricketis a small jumping insect that produces short, loud sounds by rubbing its wings together.

noun

verb

He is clumsy at cricket.
他玩板球笨手笨脚。
During the summer term we would play cricket at the village ground.
在夏季学期，我们会在村里的空地上打板球。
The handle of a cricket bat protruded from under his arm.
一个板球拍柄从他的胳肢窝下面伸了出来。
I have little time for women because I'm married to my cricket, so I'm leaving the arrangements to my sister.
我把全部心思都放在了板球上，很少有时间交女友，所以便把约会一事交由姐姐来安排。
Cricket is the archetypal English game.
板球是典型的英格兰运动。
He officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket yesterday
他昨天正式宣布退出甲级板球赛。
The pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.
可惜的是美国人不打板球。
He wore his cricket colours last season.
他在上一个赛季中佩带着他的板球荣誉标志。
Robin Smith made 167, the highest score by an England batsman in this form of cricket
罗宾·史密斯得到167分，创下了英格兰击球手在这类板球比赛中的最高得分纪录。
The team needs players who want to play cricket for England, not merely any country that will have them
球队需要的是想为英格兰而战的板球选手，而不是愿为任何国家打球的选手。