释义
[ ruhg -bee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈrʌg bi / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a city in E Warwickshire, in central England.
a boys' preparatory school located there: founded 1567.
Also rugby. Also called rugger , Rugby football. a form of football, played between two teams of 15 members each, that differs from soccer in freedom to carry the ball, block with the hands and arms, and tackle, and is characterized chiefly by continuous action and prohibition against the use of substitute players.
Origin of Rugby probably earlier than 1835–40 for def. 3
Words nearby Rugby Rufus, rug, ruga, rugate, Rugbeian, Rugby , rugby head, rugby league, Rugby shirt, rugby union, rug-cutter
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Example sentences from the Web for Rugby The royal couple then traveled on to the Welsh capital of Cardiff to watch a rugby match between Wales and Australia.
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French rugby players provided similar knowing delight in their Dieux du Stade calendars.
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She did not own a television, but went across the road to watch the rugby .
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The Duke visited privately in 2005 when he followed the British Lions' rugby tour.
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“I knew him when he was wearing a rugby shirt, jeans, and Dr. Martens, with his hair all brushed forward,” she says.
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Thomas Arnold was thirty-three years old when he was called as head master to Rugby .
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Rugby , 83 miles from London, the centre of a vast network of railways, is our next halting place.
Rides on Railways | Samuel Sidney
Rugby football would be impossible for Belgians, because they would never keep their tempers when caught and thrown down.
Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium | George W. T. Omond
This gave him three hundred and fifty dollars for five years as well as four hundred and fifty dollars in Exhibitions from Rugby .
Six Major Prophets | Edwin Emery Slosson
His mother had managed to send him to Rugby and Sandhurst, and he had passed into the army with tolerable credit.
The Honorable Miss | L. T. Meade
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British Dictionary definitions for Rugby (1 of 2) noun Also called: rugger a form of football played with an oval ball in which the handling and carrying of the ball is permitted
Canadian another name for Canadian football
See also rugby league, rugby union
Word Origin for rugby C19: named after the public school at Rugby, where it was first played
British Dictionary definitions for Rugby (2 of 2) noun a town in central England, in E Warwickshire: famous public school, founded in 1567. Pop: 61 988 (2001)
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