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F0235400 (fo͝ot′bôl′)n.1. Sports a. A game played by two teams of 11 players each on a rectangular, 100-yard-long field with goal lines and goalposts at either end, the object being to gain possession of a ball and advance it in running or passing plays across the opponent's goal line or kick it through the air between the opponent's goalposts.b. The inflated oval ball used in this game.2. Chiefly British a. Rugby.b. Soccer.c. The ball used in Rugby or soccer.3. Informal A problem or issue that is discussed among groups or persons without being settled: The issue of tax reform became a political football.

football

(ˈfʊtˌbɔːl) n1. (Team Sports, other than specified) a. any of various games played with a round or oval ball and usually based on two teams competing to kick, head, carry, or otherwise propel the ball into each other's goal, territory, etc. See association football, rugby, Australian Rules, American football, Gaelic footballb. (as modifier): a football ground; a football supporter. 2. (Team Sports, other than specified) the ball used in any of these games or their variants3. a problem, issue, etc, that is continually passed from one group or person to another and treated as a pretext for argument instead of being resolved: he accused the government of using the strike as a political football. ˈfootˌballer n

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n. 1. an American game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line or by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. 2. Canadian football. 3. the ball used in either of these games, an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usu. made of leather. 4. Chiefly Brit. Rugby (def. 2). 5. Chiefly Brit. soccer. 6. a problem over which various parties debate continually. 7. (cap.) Slang. a briefcase containing the codes and options the president of the U.S. would use to launch a nuclear attack. [1350–1400] foot′ball`er, n.

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football

1. 'football'

In Britain, football is a game played between two teams who kick a round ball around a field in an attempt to score goals. In America, this game is called soccer.

We met a group of Italian football fans.There was a lot of pressure on the US soccer team.2. 'American football'

In North America, football is a game played between two teams who throw or run with an oval ball in an attempt to score points. In Britain, this game is called American football.

This year's national college football championship was won by Princeton.He was an American football star.3. 'match'

In Britain, two teams play a football match. In America, they play a football game.

We watched the match between Arsenal and Manchester United.Are you going to watch the football game Monday night?

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	football - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goalfootball gamepunting, punt - (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"place kick, place-kicking - (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kickingdropkick - (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the groundjuke, fake - (football) a deceptive move made by a football playerfootball score - the score in a football gamekickoff - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a scorecontact sport - a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing playersfield game - an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensionsAmerican football, American football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) playsprofessional football - football played for payrugby, rugby football, rugger - a form of football played with an oval ballassociation football, soccer - a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goalyard marker - (football) a marker indicating the yard linemidfield - (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)back - (football) a person who plays in the backfieldball carrier, runner - (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive playsnapper, center - (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff"end - (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"fullback - (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive teamhalfback - (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback positionforward passer, passer - (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward passplacekicker, place-kicker - (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goalpunter - (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the groundfield general, quarterback, signal caller - (football) the person who plays quarterbackrunning back - (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmagerusher - (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ballsplit end - (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linementailback - (American football) the person who plays tailbacktight end - (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tacklewingback - (football) the person who plays wingbackwinger - (sports) player in wing positionhalf - one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an intervalquarter - (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"line up - take one's position before a kick-offfullback - play the fullbackquarterback - play the quarterbackplace-kick - score (a goal) by making a place kickkick - make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown"complete, nail - complete a passtackle - seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the balldropkick, drop-kick - drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goaldropkick, drop-kick - make the point after a touchdown with a dropkickground - throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmagereturn - make a return; "return a kickback"running - of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays"pass, passing - of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
	2.	football - the inflated oblong ball used in playing American footballball - round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket"bladder - a bag that fills with air

football

noun soccer, footy (informal), the beautiful game a game of football

Football

Terms used in (Association) Football aggregate (score), back, ballplayer, ballwinner, booking or caution, breakaway, cap, catenaccio, centre circle, centre forward, centre half, clearance, cross, crossbar or bar, corner (kick), cut out, defender, derby, direct free kick, dribble, dummy, extra time, FA, FIFA, finishing, forward, foul, free kick, fullback, full time, goal, goal area or six-yard box, goalkeeper or goalie, goal kick or bye kick, goal net or net, goalpost or post, half, halfback, half time, half way line, handball, indirect free kick, inside left, inside right, inswinger, international, kick off, lay off, left back, linesman, long ball, mark, midfield, midfielder, nil, non-league, nutmeg, offside, offside trap, onside, one-two, outside left, outside right, own goal, pass, pass-back, penalty (kick) or spot kick, penalty area or penalty box, penalty shoot-out, penalty spot, playoff, professional foul, promotion, red card, referee, relegation, reserves, right back, Route One, save, score draw, sending-off or ordering-off, SFA, shot, six-yard line, sliding tackle, stoppage time or injury time, striker, square, substitute, sweeper, tackle, target man, throw in, total football, touchline, transfer, trap, UEFA, wall, wall pass, wing, winger, yellow cardTerms used in Australian Rules Football Australian Football League or AFL, back pocket, behind or point, behind line, behind post, boundary, eighteen, the, field umpire, flank, footy, Aussie Rules, or (jocular) aerial ping-pong, follower, forward pocket, free kick, goal, goal umpire, guernsey, half-back, half-forward, handball, interchange, mark, nineteenth man, quarter, rove, rover, rub out, ruck, ruckrover, scrimmage, shepherd, shirt front, stab kick, stanza, throw in, twentieth manTerms used in American football backfield, blitz, block, center, complete, cornerback, defense, defensive back, defensive end, down, end zone, field goal, football or pigskin, fullback, gridiron, guard, halfback, incomplete, interception, kicker, line or line of scrimmage, line backer, lineman, offense, overtime, pass, play, point after, punt, punter, quarterback, run or rush, running back, sack, safety, scrimmage, secondary, shotgun, snap, special team, Super Bowl, tackle, tight end, touchback, touchdown, turnover, wide receiver

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足球足球运动美式橄榄球

foot

(fut) – plural feet (fiːt) – noun1. the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks. My feet are very sore from walking so far.脚2. the lower part of anything. at the foot of the hill.最下部3. (plural often foot ; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm). He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.英尺ˈfooting noun1. balance. It was difficult to keep his footing on the narrow path.平衡2. foundation. The business is now on a firm footing.基础ˈfootball noun1. a game played by kicking a large ball. The children played football; (also adjective) a football fan.足球运动2. the ball used in this game. 足球ˈfoothill noun a small hill at the foot of a mountain. the foothills of the Alps.山麓小丘ˈfoothold noun a place to put one's feet when climbing. to find footholds on the slippery rock.立足点ˈfootlight noun (in a theatre) a light which shines on the actors etc from the front of the stage. （舞台上的）脚光 ˈfootman – plural ˈfootmen – noun a male servant wearing a uniform. The footman opened the door.男仆ˈfootmark noun a footprint. He left dirty footmarks.脚印ˈfootnote noun a note at the bottom of a page. The footnotes referred to other chapters of the book. 脚注（列在一页末了的附注） ˈfootpath noun a path or way for walking, not for cars, bicycles etc. You can go by the footpath.人行道ˈfootprint noun the mark or impression of a foot. She followed his footprints through the snow.脚印ˈfootsore adjective with painful feet from too much walking. He arrived, tired and footsore.走痛了脚的ˈfootstep noun the sound of a foot. She heard his footsteps on the stairs.脚步声ˈfootwear noun boots, shoes, slippers etc. He always buys expensive footwear.鞋类follow in someone's footsteps to do the same as someone has done before one. When he joined the police force he was following in his father's footsteps.步某人后尘foot the bill to be the person who pays the bill. 付帐on foot walking. She arrived at the house on foot.步行put one's foot down to be firm about something. I put my foot down and refused.坚决put one's foot in it to say or do something stupid. I really put my foot in it when I asked about his wife – she had just run away with his friend! 说错话，做错事

football

→ 美式橄榄球zhCN, 足球zhCN

I'd like to see a soccer game (US)
I'd like to see a football match (UK) → 我想看足球赛
Let's play soccer (US)
Let's play football (UK) → 我们来踢足球吧

football

football,

any of a number of games in which two opposing teams attempt to score points by moving an inflated oval or round ball past a goal line or into a goal. Differing greatly in their rules, these include soccersoccer,
outdoor ball and goal game, also called association football or simply football. The first recorded game probably was that on a Shrove Tuesday in Derby, England, part of a festival to celebrate a victory over a contingent of Roman troops (A.D. 217).
..... Click the link for more information. (association football) and rugbyrugby,
game that originated (1823), according to tradition, on the playing fields of Rugby, England. It is related to both soccer and American football. The game is said to have started when a Rugby School student named William Webb Ellis playing soccer picked up the ball and
..... Click the link for more information. , in addition to the games covered in this article: American football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, and Australian football. In the United States, the word football generally refers only to the American game; in many other parts of the world it usually means soccer. Football, amateur and professional, is perhaps the most popular spectator sport in the United States, attracting a total attendance of over 40 million and watched by many more millions on television each year.

Most of the modern forms of football are derived from ancient games, especially harpaston and harpastrum, played in Greece and Rome. These survive today in Tuscany and Florence under the name calcio. Meanwhile a rugged, undisciplined type of football took root in the Middle Ages in England, where despite royal edicts banning the game from time to time, football remained popular until the early 19th cent. Different forms of the game soon developed at the various English public schools, including Rugby, Eton, and Harrow. Eventually, two main games emerged. One was primarily a kicking game, which later became association football, or soccer; the other (dating from 1823) was football as played at Rugby, in which carrying the ball and tackling were permitted.

American Football

Basic Rules

The American game is played by two opposing teams of eleven. The football field is level, measures 100 by 53 1-3 yd (91.4 by 48.8 m), is marked off by latitudinal stripes every 5 yd (4.57 m) and has at each end an end zone 10 yd (9.14 m) deep. In the center of each end zone stand goal posts not exceeding 20 ft (6.10 m) in height, with a crossbar 10 ft (3.05 m) from the ground and with the uprights on either end 24 ft (73.2 m) apart.

Play is directed toward moving the ball across the opponent's goal line, thereby scoring a touchdown, worth six points. In advancing the ball a team may run with it or pass it (forward or laterally), but the team must gain 10 yd (9 m) in four plays (downs) or yield possession of the ball to the opponent. The defending team tries to stop the ball carrier by tackling him, i.e., forcing him to the ground—thus causing the team with the ball to use up one of its downs. The defending team can gain possession of the ball before the end of four downs by recovering a dropped ball (fumble), or by intercepting a pass.

Because strategies and skills required on offense and on defense differ, most organized football clubs have offensive and defensive squads that alternate on the field as possession of the ball changes. All professional and most collegiate teams employ special teams for various game situations (e.g., offense, defense, kickoffs, and punt returns) and coaches who specialize in various aspects of the game. The offensive team traditionally comprises a quarterback (the field leader), a fullback, two halfbacks, and seven linemen—a center, two guards, two tackles, and two ends. A typical defensive unit has two tackles and two ends, who play on the line, as well as three linebackers, two cornerbacks, and two safeties.

The game is divided into two halves, each consisting of two quarters, periods of 15 minutes playing time. At the end of each of the first three quarters, the teams exchange goals. Each half begins with a kickoff, which also initiates play after every score (except a safety). In addition to the touchdown, points are scored by kicking the ball (which is held on the ground by a teammate of the kicker) over the crossbar between the goal posts (a field goal), for three points; and by downing a player in possession of the ball behind his own goal line (a safety), for two points. Additional points, known as conversions, may be scored after the scoring of a touchdown. In professional play the conversion is earned by kicking the ball over the crossbar of the goal post (worth one point) or by running or passing the ball over the goal line from 2 yd (1.83 m) away (worth two points). In amateur (high school and college) football, the conversion play is begun 3 yd (2.74 m) from the end zone.

When a team is not likely to gain 10 yards in four downs, it often kicks, or punts, the ball downfield, usually on the fourth down. After each down, before resuming play, the opposing teams face each other along an imaginary line, called the line of scrimmage, determined by the position of the ball relative to the goals. Among standard offensive formations, the basic T formation (a balanced line with the quarterback behind the center and the other backs behind the quarterback) is, with modern variations, the most popular in both amateur and professional football. Blocking and tackling make football one of the most rugged sports played. Although players wear heavy protective gear, injuries are not uncommon, and concussive and subconcussive impacts have been of increasing concern, as a result of mounting evidence that such repeated impacts can lead to neurological conditions such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a severe degenerative brain disease that also occurs in boxers and ice hockey players.

Five officials—the referee, umpire, field judge, linesman, and electric clock operator—control a game, and penalties, chiefly in the form of moving the ball away from a team's object goal, are meted out for violations of the rules. Rules concerning the field, scoring, playing time, downs, scrimmage, substitution, officials, and equipment have undergone numerous changes, generally to make the game safer.

College and Amateur Football

The first intercollegiate football match in America (actually a 50-person soccer game) was played (1869) at New Brunswick, N.J. The Intercollegiate (Soccer) Football Association, composed of Columbia, Princeton, Rutgers, and Yale, was created (1873) to standardize rules. Harvard, meanwhile, refused to join the group and, looking for other opponents, accepted a challenge from McGill Univ. of Montreal to play a series of games (1874–75) under Rugby rules. The Rugby-type game soon caught on at the other schools also, and within a decade the distinctive game of American football evolved.

Since the late 19th cent. football has enjoyed tremendous popularity as a collegiate sport. In 1902 the first Rose Bowl game was played at Pasadena, Calif., and that postseason tournament has been conducted annually since 1916. Other annual, postseason, collegiate games include the Sugar, Orange, Sun, and Cotton bowls. In 1996 a national system to pick bowl opponents so as to determine a national champion was introduced. Selection of All-America teams, begun (1889) by Walter CampCamp, Walter Chauncey,
1859–1925, American athlete, football coach, administrator, b. New Britain, Conn. In his three years as captain at Yale Univ. in the 1880s, Camp shaped the rules that transformed rugby football into American football, including playing with 11 men,
..... Click the link for more information. and Caspar Whitney, has also contributed to football's popularity. The Heisman trophy, originated in 1935, is awarded annually to the nation's outstanding college football player.

Most collegiate teams play in athletic conferences. Among the best-known are the Ivy League, Big Ten, Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, and Pacific 10 conferences. Famous collegiate rivalries include Army–Navy and Yale–Harvard. With an atmosphere enhanced by bands and cheering sections, football is not only the most popular collegiate sport of the fall season but also a big business.

Revenues from football often finance other sports at a college, and some games are played before crowds of 100,000 people in university-owned stadiums. Despite the strict amateur code of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and its member conferences, illegal subsidization of football players is a recurrent issue. Football also is extremely popular in U.S. high schools. Six-man football and touch football, both usually played for recreation, are other forms of the amateur game.

Professional Football

Although professional football was played as early as 1895 in Pennsylvania, it was not until 1920 that national organization began, with the formation of the American Professional Football Association at Canton, Ohio. Originally consisting of five teams, the association evolved and in 1922 was renamed the National Football League (NFL). The professional game received a tremendous boost when Red GrangeGrange, Red
(Harold Edward Grange), 1903–91, American football player, b. Forksville, Pa. Grange was All-America halfback at the Univ. of Illinois (1923–25).
..... Click the link for more information. , a star halfback at the Univ. of Illinois, signed a professional contract (1925) with the Chicago Bears. Other college stars soon followed, and the public began to show interest in NFL teams.

In the period immediately following World War II professional football's popularity grew tremendously. A new league, the All-America Conference (established 1944), competed with the NFL until the two groups merged (1949). The American Football League (AFL; formed 1959) competed with the NFL during the early 1960s; the first Super Bowl championship game was held in 1967 between the NFL and AFL champions.

Four years later the two leagues were merged into the present NFL, which now comprises two conferences (the National Football Conference, or NFC, and the American Football Conference, or AFC) totaling 32 teams. The NFL season includes 16 regular games, after which the winners of the three divisions in each conference, along with two "wild card" teams (the teams with the next-best record in each conference) play a four-round playoff culminating in the Super Bowl.

Arena football, a form of the game tailored for indoor arenas, was developed in the 1980s, with the professional Arena Football League beginning play in 1987. The arena game has a smaller field (about a third as long) with narrow goalposts, and the field is surrounded by nets that keep the ball in play. The number of players on the field is less, the action more fast paced, and the scoring somewhat different, but play is in many respects largely similar to outdoor football. The league has experienced expansion and contraction over the years, with the greatest number of teams participating from the mid-1990s to mid-2010s.

Bibliography

See Official National Football League Record & Fact Book (annual); NCAA, Football: The Official Football Records Book (annual); C. Carter and D. Sloan, The Sporting News Pro Football Guide (annual); B. Carroll et al., ed., Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (1999); M. MacCambridge, America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation (2004).

Canadian Football

Canadian football is similar to the U.S. game, but the Canadian field and end zone are larger, measuring 110 yd by 65 yd (100 m by 59 m) and 25 yd by 65 yd (23 m by 59 m), respectively. Canadian teams have 12 players on the field rather than 11 and, among other variations in the rules, are allowed only three downs to advance the ball 10 yards. The present game developed from rules established (1891) by the Canadian Rugby Union. In 1959 the two professional leagues in the union broke away to form the Canadian Football League (CFL). From 1993 to 1995 the CFL had several U.S.-based teams; there are now nine teams divided between two divisions. A number of prominent U.S. players have made careers in the CFL. The league's annual championship game is known as the Grey Cup.

Gaelic Football

Gaelic football, played almost exclusively in Ireland, is perhaps the roughest of the football-type games. It is played by two teams of 15 men each on a field that measures 84 to 100 yd (76.81–91.44 m) in width and 140 to 160 yd (128.02–146.3 m) in length. The object of the game is to punch, dribble, or kick the ball into (3 points) or directly over (1 point) the rectangular goal-net. As with soccer and rugby, Gaelic football probably developed from the rough-and-tumble football games played in medieval England. Originally a sort of melee between as many as 200 representatives of rival parishes, the game was given a set of standard rules by Dan and Maurice Gavin, who founded (1884) the Gaelic Athletic Association after witnessing a particularly brutal game. The association sponsors the annual all-Ireland championship match, an elimination tournament for teams from Ireland's 32 counties.

Australian Football

The only major football-type sport that does not appear to have developed from the medieval game is Australian football. Probably an outgrowth of earlier aboriginal games, it is played on an oval field that is about 200 yd (183 m) long and 150 yd (137 m) wide across the middle. Each team, composed of 19 players, attempts to kick the egg-shaped ball past a set of goal posts. The ball may be advanced by punches, kicks, or dribbles. The game, played only in Australia, is especially popular in the southern and western parts of the continent. An International Cup competition was established in 2002.

football

1. a. any of various games played with a round or oval ball and usually based on two teams competing to kick, head, carry, or otherwise propel the ball into each other's goal, territory, etc. b. (as modifier): a football ground 2. the ball used in any of these games or their variants
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noun any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal

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noun the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

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