cricket

n.蟋蟀；板球；矮木凳

vi.打板球

adj.公平的

noun

1. 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
2. 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

名词复数形式:crickets f:crickets

cricket 蟋蟀，板球

1.蟋蟀，拟声词，模仿蟋蟀的叫声。 2.板球，词源同crook, crank, 因最早便用的曲棍而得名。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Cricket is the archetypal English game.
   板球是典型的英格兰运动。
4. He was at his happiest whilst playing cricket
   玩板球时他最开心了。
5. 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。
6. Their treatment of staff is definitely not cricket.
   他们对待员工的方式绝对不公正。
7. 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。
8. Waugh was a duffer at cricket.
   沃的板球打得很臭。
9. I enjoyed playing cricket.
   我喜欢打板球。
10. He officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket yesterday
    他昨天正式宣布退出甲级板球赛。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields
    有一个游泳池、几个板球场和运动场。
15. The pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.
    可惜的是美国人不打板球。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. The standard of professional cricket has never been lower
    职业板球的水平从来没有这么低过。
20. It's a great thrill for a cricket-lover like me to play at the home of cricket.
    对我这样的板球爱好者来说，能够在板球的故乡比赛是一件令人无比兴奋的事。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport
    让人感到惊奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜欢的运动。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. The boy traded his knife for a cricket bat.
    那男孩用他的刀子换了一个板球棒。
27. 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。
28. He is clumsy at cricket.
    他玩板球笨手笨脚。
29. 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。
30. Grace will be numbered among the immortals of cricket.
    格雷斯将被列为流芳百世的板球名将之一。