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单词 backcourt
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Definition of backcourt in English:

backcourt

nounˈbakkɔːtˈbækˌkɔrt
  • 1(in tennis, basketball, and other games) the part of each side of the court nearest the back wall or back boundary line.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The backcourt, left open for most of the game, was a combined 6 of 22 from the field for 23 points.
    • They could stand to be a little deeper in the backcourt.
    • And with PG Mateen Cleaves straggling, they could use a veteran in the backcourt behind PG Chucky Atkins.
    • She clinched the set when her opponent hit long from the backcourt.
    • He corrected the way I was running, the way I was picking up the ball, and the way I was throwing it to the other ball boy in the backcourt.
    • Still, another scorer in the backcourt wouldn't hurt.
  • 2The defensive players in a basketball team.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He'll be backed by one of the nation's finest backcourts.
    • We caused all kinds of trouble for opposing backcourts.
    • They finished the half without any assists from their backcourt.
    • Luis Flores once was stuck - stuck behind a backcourt tandem of Todd Billet and Dahntay Jones that had brought Rutgers the tag of ‘team on the rise.’
    • But the backcourt is loaded with versatility and potential.
    • The two players combined to form, to me, the best backcourt in the game at the time.
  • 3(especially in Glasgow) a courtyard behind a house or tenement.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Your one-bedroom tenement with its close and communal backcourt may seem a few steps removed from a laminate floored loft, but trust me, you are now living in an apartment.
 
 

Definition of backcourt in US English:

backcourt

nounˈbakˌkôrtˈbækˌkɔrt
  • 1(in tennis, basketball, and similar games) the part of each side of the court nearest the back wall or back boundary line.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And with PG Mateen Cleaves straggling, they could use a veteran in the backcourt behind PG Chucky Atkins.
    • The backcourt, left open for most of the game, was a combined 6 of 22 from the field for 23 points.
    • He corrected the way I was running, the way I was picking up the ball, and the way I was throwing it to the other ball boy in the backcourt.
    • She clinched the set when her opponent hit long from the backcourt.
    • Still, another scorer in the backcourt wouldn't hurt.
    • They could stand to be a little deeper in the backcourt.
    1. 1.1 The defensive players in a basketball team.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They finished the half without any assists from their backcourt.
      • Luis Flores once was stuck - stuck behind a backcourt tandem of Todd Billet and Dahntay Jones that had brought Rutgers the tag of ‘team on the rise.’
      • But the backcourt is loaded with versatility and potential.
      • He'll be backed by one of the nation's finest backcourts.
      • The two players combined to form, to me, the best backcourt in the game at the time.
      • We caused all kinds of trouble for opposing backcourts.
 
 
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