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单词 to box out
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to box out
to box out
1. transitive. To block or obstruct the movement of (a person or thing); to exclude in this way. Also figurative.
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1908 Chicago Tribune 1 Nov. iii. 1/5 Young..played so far away from his guard that he was boxed out by the end and plays allowed to go inside of him.
1966 Times of India 16 Dec. 12 It is not unknown in international athletics for athletes to box out the prospective winner.
2008 R. Couture & L. Hunt Becoming Nat. (2009) xii. 207 The only thing holding us together was our two-and-a-half-year-old son.., and Trish had already begun to box me out of parenting him.
2. transitive. spec. Basketball. To position oneself between (an opponent) and the basket when a shot has been made, blocking one's opponent and improving one's chance of securing a rebounding ball. Also intransitive.Cf. slightly earlier boxout n. 1.
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1951 N.Y. Times 25 Mar. (Sports section) 1/8 They were boxing out the opposition underneath the boards... In fact, Kentucky..were weak in the rebound department through the opening period.
1970 P. Axthelm City Game vii. 92 I should be overplaying my man, boxing out under the boards, grabbing rebounds with both hands.
2013 Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pa.) (Nexis) 26 Jan. They were so much bigger, but I knew if I did my part in boxing them out, I could secure the rebounds and do my part for the team.
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