| 释义 |
ˈpunt-aˈbout Football.
[f. punt v.3 + about adv.]
The kicking of a ball about for practice at odd times; also, a football used for this. Also attrib.
1845Rugby Misc. 178 The impatience with which place-kicking is..regarded at punt-about. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. v, ‘Hurrah! here's the punt-about,—come along and try your hand at a kick’. The punt-about is the practice ball, which is just brought out and kicked about anyhow from one boy to another. 1917Kipling Diversity of Creatures 255 The ‘tump-tump’ of the puntabouts before the sides settled to games. 1924― Debits & Credits (1926) 97 An ancient, but air-tight puntabout-ball. 1963Times 10 May 4/3 A puntabout at Twickenham..afforded an opportunity to bid godspeed..to England's Rugby football team. |