cricket

英 [ˈkrɪkɪt]

美 [ˈkrɪkɪt]

n. 板球(运动); 蟋蟀; 蛐蛐

复数：crickets　

Collins.3 / BNC.2496 / COCA.8382

习惯用语

not cricket

noun

板球（运动）
a game played on grass by two teams of 11 players. Players score points (called runs ) by hitting the ball with a wooden bat and running between two sets of vertical wooden sticks, called stumps .
1. a cricket match/team/club/ball
  板球比赛 / 运动队 / 俱乐部；板球
蟋蟀；蛐蛐
a small brown jumping insect that makes a loud high sound by rubbing its wings together
1. the chirping of crickets
  蟋蟀的唧唧叫声

N-UNCOUNT 板球(运动)
Cricketis an outdoor game played between two teams. Players try to score points, called runs, by hitting a ball with a wooden bat.
1. During the summer term we would play cricket at the village ground.
  在夏季学期，我们会在村里的空地上打板球。
2. ...the Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
  约克郡板球俱乐部
PHRASE 不公正;不光明正大;不光彩
If you say that someone's behaviour isnot cricket, you mean that they have not behaved fairly.
1. Their treatment of staff is definitely not cricket.
  他们对待员工的方式绝对不公正。
蟋蟀;蛐蛐
Acricketis a small jumping insect that produces short, loud sounds by rubbing its wings together.

noun

verb

Grace will be numbered among the immortals of cricket.
格雷斯将被列为流芳百世的板球名将之一。
The boy traded his knife for a cricket bat.
那男孩用他的刀子换了一个板球棒。
The other village always beats our team at cricket.
另一个村的板球队在比赛中总是击败我们队。
By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport
让人感到惊奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜欢的运动。
Their treatment of staff is definitely not cricket.
他们对待员工的方式绝对不公正。
During the summer term we would play cricket at the village ground.
在夏季学期，我们会在村里的空地上打板球。
There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields
有一个游泳池、几个板球场和运动场。
Sri Lanka's cricket team will play India in the final of the Asia Cup.
斯里兰卡板球队将在亚洲杯的决赛中对阵印度队。
The handle of a cricket bat protruded from under his arm.
一个板球拍柄从他的胳肢窝下面伸了出来。
The pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.
可惜的是美国人不打板球。