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 pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.
可惜的是美国人不打板球。
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。
The standard of professional cricket has never been lower
职业板球的水平从来没有这么低过。
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。
As I understand it, you came round the corner by the cricket field and there was the man in the road
据我了解，你沿板球场边来到拐角处，那个男的挡住了你的去路。
He felt he would never tire of international cricket
他认为自己永远不会对国际板球赛生厌。
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。
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。
The future quality of West Indian cricket looks promising
西印度群岛的板球运动看起来前景光明。