| 单词 | to take a wicket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a wicket (a) transitive. to take a wicket: (esp. of a bowler or team) to succeed in dismissing a batter. ΚΠ 1826 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. Marsden..took the wicket of his old antagonist in the finest style of bowling. 1846 W. Denison Cricket: Sketches of Players 71 The greatest number of wickets he succeeded in taking in one match was 11. 1878 John Lillywhite's Cricketers' Compan. (ed. 34) 181 Having on one occasion taken six wickets in seven balls, thus performing the ‘hat-trick’ successfully. 1928 Daily Tel. 26 June 17/1 Jupp took four wickets for 37 runs. 1977 World of Cricket Monthly June 29/3 Raja took his third wicket through a slip-catch. 2007 I. Botham Head On i. 27 When I took my first wicket, he heard one of them say, ‘Ignore that. It was a fluke.’ 2013 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 32 Colin Ingram's wicket off the second ball of the opening over was a signal of Pakistan's intent to take quick wickets. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。