| 单词 | touchdown |
| 释义 | touchdown[ tuhch-doun ] / ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR touchdown ON THESAURUS.COM nounFootball. an act or instance of scoring six points by being in possession of the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line. Rugby. the act of a player who touches the ball on or to the ground inside his own in-goal. the act or the moment of landing: the aircraft's touchdown. Origin of touchdownFirst recorded in 1860–65; touch + down1 Words nearby touchdowntouch, touch and go, touchback, touch base with, touch bottom, touchdown, touché, touched, touched in the head, touch football, touchhole Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for touchdownBritish Dictionary definitions for touchdowntouchdown / (ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn) / nounthe moment at which a landing aircraft or spacecraft comes into contact with the landing surface rugby the act of placing or touching the ball on the ground behind the goal line, as in scoring a try American football a scoring play worth six points, achieved by being in possession of the ball in the opposing team's end zoneAbbreviation: TD See also field goal (def. 2) verb touch down (intr, adverb)(of a space vehicle, aircraft, etc) to land rugby to place the ball behind the goal line, as when scoring a try informal to pause during a busy schedule in order to catch up, reorganize, or rest Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with touchdowntouch down Land on the ground, as in The spacecraft touched down on schedule. This idiom was first recorded in 1935. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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