| 单词 | fair catch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfair catch fair catch n. (a) (in Rugby Union and Australian Rules football) a catch of a ball kicked by an opposing player leading to a mark (mark n.1 32); (b) American Football a catch of a ball kicked by an opposing player in which the receiving player, having signalled that he or she will not advance the ball, may not be tackled. ΚΠ 1861 Bell's Life in London 10 Nov. 3 For some time the game was so close that the ball could not get about, but after awhile a ‘fair catch’ fell into T. Davenport's hands, to end, unfortunately, in ‘a miss’. 1891 W. Camp Amer. Football 114 Few realize the great advantage of these long place-kicks to a team upon occasion of fair catches. 1896 Advertiser (Adelaide) 9 May 4/7 Were 10 yards made the shortest range at which a free kick could be earned by a fair catch, the present crowded state of the game would be vastly altered. 1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xiii. 183 The method of making a fair-catch is to make a mark on the ground with the heel as the ball is caught, and to call: ‘Mark!’ 1981 G. Sullivan Football Rules Illustr. (1985) ix. 24 Automatic time-outs occur in these instances: following a touchdown or field goal;..when a receiver makes a fair catch [etc.]. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Sept. c24/5 The coaches tell Jones to make a fair catch. < as lemmas |
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