| 单词 | sticky wicket |
| 释义 | sticky wicketSEE SYNONYMS FOR sticky wicket ON THESAURUS.COM nounCricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well. Chiefly British. a situation requiring delicate treatment; an awkward situation: In telling his wife that he has to be away for a month in Cannes, he'll be batting on a sticky wicket. Origin of sticky wicketFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby sticky wicketsticky end, sticky-fingered, sticky fingers, Sticky Note, sticky rice, sticky wicket, sticky willie, stiction, Stiegel, Stieglitz, stiff Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sticky wicketsticky wicket nouna cricket pitch that is rapidly being dried by the sun after rain and is particularly conducive to spin informal a difficult or awkward situation (esp in the phrase on a sticky wicket) 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 |
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