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

The standard of professional cricket has never been lower
职业板球的水平从来没有这么低过。
Their treatment of staff is definitely not cricket.
他们对待员工的方式绝对不公正。
For so long he had waited in the wilderness for a recall to Test cricket.
这么长时间以来，他一直在坐冷板凳，等着被召回参加板球对抗赛。
Waugh was a duffer at cricket.
沃的板球打得很臭。
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。
He officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket yesterday
他昨天正式宣布退出甲级板球赛。
There is absolutely no evidence at all that spectators want longer cricket matches. Quite the reverse
完全没有证据表明观众想看时间更长的板球比赛。情况恰恰相反。
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。
It will be the first official cricket tour of South Africa for 22 years.
这将是22年来南非首次正式的板球巡回赛。
Even in Zurich he kept up with the County cricket scores.
即使身在苏黎世，他也一直关注着郡际板球赛的比分。