hat trick

n. Sports 1. Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey.2. Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls.3. Three consecutive wins or outstanding accomplishments by the same individual, such as a jockey in horse racing.

[From the hat with which the feat was traditionally rewarded in cricket.]

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n. 1. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches in a game of cricket. 2. three goals or points scored by one player, as in a game of ice hockey or soccer. 3. a clever or adroitly deceptive maneuver. [1875–80]

Thesaurus

Noun

hat trick - (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)score - the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"hockey game, ice hockey, hockey - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled stickscricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

Translations

球类运动中一人连得三分

hat

(hӕt) noun a covering for the head, usually worn out of doors. He raised his hat as the lady approached.帽子ˈhatter noun a person who makes or sells hats. 制帽的人hat trick (in football) three goals scored by one player in a match. （球类运动中）一人连得三分 keep (something) under one's hat to keep (something) secret. Keep it under your hat but I'm getting married next week.保密pass/send round the hat to ask for or collect money on someone's behalf. 募捐take one's hat off to to admire (someone) for doing something. 向...（脱帽）致敬 talk through one's hat to talk nonsense. 吹牛，胡说八道

hat trick

1. In cricket, three wickets knocked off by a bowler in three consecutive deliveries. First used to describe H.H. Stephenson's accomplishment of such in 1858, and so named because he was allegedly awarded a new hat afterward. He came amazingly close to securing a hat trick, but the third batter managed to dash his hopes by scoring a run.2. In sports, especially hockey or football (soccer), three goals or points scored by a single player in one game or match. Fans' hats littered the ice to celebrate the player's hat trick, his fourth so far this season.3. Three consecutive wins or achievements by a single athlete, such as winning three consecutive major tournaments in tennis or golf. Matthews has been playing the best golf of her life this year, and she is poised to secure a hat trick if she wins the Ladies European Tour next month.4. In baseball and softball, three home runs in a single game. Fans were on their feet for her hat trick as her third home run sailed into the bleachers.5. In baseball and softball, three strike outs in a single game. With such a terrible performance so far, the team's star player has been relegated to the dugout after getting a hat trick.See also: hat, trick

hat trick

An extremely clever or adroit maneuver, as in It looked as though the party was going to achieve a hat trick in this election. The term originated in cricket, where it refers to three wickets taken by a bowler in three consecutive balls, traditionally rewarded with the presentation of a hat. It later was transferred to ice hockey, soccer, and baseball, where it denotes three consecutive successes (goals, hits), and then to more general use. See also: hat, trick

a hat trick

n. three successes in a row. (Typically, three hockey goals by one player, and other scoring in threes in other sports. Extended use covers three same or different sexual “scores” (see score) by a person in a period of time.) Walter pulled a hat trick, and the fans roared. See also: hat, trick

hat trick

A remarkable threefold accomplishment or adroit maneuver. The term originated in cricket, where in the 1850s it became customary to give the prize of a new hat to a bowler who took three wickets with three consecutively bowled balls. It was soon extended to other sports—a hockey player scoring three goals in one game, a jockey winning three races in one day. By about 1950 the term was extended to nonathletic threefold achievements. See also: hat, trick

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noun (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc

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