单词 | american football |
释义 | > as lemmasAmerican football American football n. a sport originating in the United States, based on rugby football and played by two teams of eleven players on a field marked out in the form of a gridiron, points being scored from touchdowns and field goals.In North America known simply as football. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] American football1879 football1881 gridiron1896 grid1928 1879 H. Chadwick (title) Handbook of winter sports. Embracing: skating (on ice and on rollers,) rink-ball, curling, ice-boating, and American football. 1943 Times 8 May 2/6 American football is a dangerous game and the players are suitably padded, each man's equipment weighing about 10lb. 1997 E. M. Kramer Modern/Postmodern p. xi In American football, measurements are laboriously and religiously taken so that statistics can be calculated for every conceivable aspect of the game. < as lemmas |
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