| 单词 | franchise player |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfranchise player (b) An outstanding player regarded as a team's most valuable member. Frequently attributive, esp. in franchise player.In the National Football League, also used to denote an official status which may be applied to one player on each team, restricting that player's ability to negotiate with other teams: see quot. 1999. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 1957 San Francisco Examiner 29 Sept. ii. 16/5 Willie you can see every day. That's why he's the franchise and not merely a meal ticket. 1977 Washington Post 30 Nov. d1/5 He is not what is known in the trade as ‘a franchise’, a player who by himself generates unbeaten seasons. 1978 Washington Post 6 Mar. d5/1 (headline) Team without a 'franchise' player just keeps winning. 1983 USA Today 16 Mar. 3 c/1 He is what baseball men covet,..a franchise player. The pilings on which pennant-winners rest. 1990 H. G. Bissinger Friday Night Lights iii. 66 The preferential treatment Boobie received sometimes caused resentment among the other players... Like it or not he was the franchise. 1999 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. d7/1 Green Bay designated Freeman its franchise player after the season, meaning the team had the right to match any offer made to him. 2008 Sault Star (Sault Saint Marie, Ont.) (Nexis) 27 Feb. b1 Leafs management has been either unwilling or unable to surround its franchise centre with talent that even approaches his level. < as lemmas |
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