单词 | broken-field |
释义 | broken-field in American English (ˈbroʊkənˌfild) adjective American Football and Rugby of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them broken-field in American English (ˈbroukənˈfild) adjective American Football performed, as by a ball-carrier, in a wide-open area covered by few defensive players, as opposed to the heavily trafficked area near the line of scrimmage Word origin [1920–25, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: checkout, self-service, slalom, superpower, tie-inExamples of 'broken-field' in a sentence |
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