单词 | ice hockey |
释义 | ice hockeyn. A sport developed from field hockey, played on ice by two teams of skaters who attempt to score by propelling a puck (formerly also a ball) into a goal with sticks having elongated blades. Cf. shinny n.1 Additions.In North America the game is normally called simply hockey (see hockey n.2 1b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > ice hockey > [noun] ice hockey1868 hockey1895 puck chasing1911 1868 Field 18 Jan. 51/2 The body from the hips is leaned forward, and the balancing leg off the ice raised almost horizontally; the 'hurley' (ice hockey) stick often tucked under the arm; sometimes as many as ten or a dozen, or more, revolutions being turned. 1883 Boy's Own Paper 13 Oct. 30/1 For ice hockey the ball is from six to seven inches in circumference. 1895 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 13 Jan. 13/7 Field hockey..is much easier than ice hockey, because anyone can run after the puck; whereas it takes skill to skate after it and maintain a balance while you swing your stick to hit it. 1928 Daily Express 4 Aug. 2/7 The spectacle of ice-hockey in Canada. 1940 W. H. Auden Another Time 26 Superb at ice-hockey, a prince at the dance, He's fierce as the tigers, secretive as plants. 1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 340 Power-play (ice hockey), launched when a team has an extra man or is trailing in the final minutes, all players rushing into the opponent's zone, and putting on the pressure. 1990 San Francisco Chron. 29 Jan. e13/4 (caption) Borrowing from ice hockey, an in-line skater pushes a puck down JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. 2006 Family Circle Nov. 45/4 Liam plays ice hockey, skateboards and loves his Xbox. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1894 N.Y. Times 20 Dec. 7/5 They will be met at Toronto by Stewart Houston of the Toronto Ice Hockey Club. 1924 Portsmouth (Ohio) Daily Times 16 Dec. 5/7 Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me..an ice-hockey stick and about two bushels of candy. 1948 Life 13 Dec. 113/1 The Roller Derby is a teeth-jarring contest, with enough spills and body contact..to gratify even an ice hockey fan. 1970 Guardian 5 Jan. 14/5 Canada yesterday withdrew from this year's world ice hockey championships after losing their battle to allow professionals to take part. 2000 M. Herman Purely Belter 162 (stage direct.) It is a ludicrous situation, a guy in a bench-coat, trackies and trainers slip-sliding like Bambi to take on a mammoth, massively padded ice-hockey goalie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868 |
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