mass noun
- an open-air game played on a large grass field with ball, bats, and two wickets, between teams of eleven players, the object of the game being to score more runs than the opposition板球（运动）。
Cricket is played mainly in Britain and in territories formerly under British rule, such as Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, and the Indian subcontinent. The full game with two innings per side can last several days; shorter single-innings matches are usual at amateur level and have become popular at professional level since the 1960s.
短语
not cricket
- Brit. informal a thing contrary to traditional standards of fairness or rectitude〈英, 非正式〉不公平的事, 不公正的事; 不光明正大的事。
派生词
cricketer
nouncricketing
adjective词源
late 16th cent.:of unknown origin.
1
- an insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. The male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound蟋蟀。
1.1
- Family Gryllidae: many genera and species, including the field cricket and the house cricket.蟋蟀科：多属, 多种, 包括田蟋蟀和家蟋蟀。
1.2
- used in names of insects of related families, e.g. bush cricket, mole cricket.用于相关科昆虫名, 如 bush cricket, mole cricket.
词源
Middle English:from Old French criquet, from criquer 'to crackle', of imitative origin.