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 was at his happiest whilst playing cricket
玩板球时他最开心了。
The boy traded his knife for a cricket bat.
那男孩用他的刀子换了一个板球棒。
Sri Lanka's cricket team will play India in the final of the Asia Cup.
斯里兰卡板球队将在亚洲杯的决赛中对阵印度队。
Cricket is the archetypal English game.
板球是典型的英格兰运动。
There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd
板球比赛能激起观众热情的地方很少。
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。
The other village always beats our team at cricket.
另一个村的板球队在比赛中总是击败我们队。
Waugh was a duffer at cricket.
沃的板球打得很臭。
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。
There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields
有一个游泳池、几个板球场和运动场。