| 单词 | man-to-man defence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman-to-man defence 3. Sport (originally U.S., used esp. in Football and Basketball). Designating a mode of playing, an arrangement of players, etc., in which each individual player marks just one other on the opposing team. Chiefly in man-to-man defence; cf. zone defence n. at zone n. Compounds 1b. See also man for man at man n.1 17d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [adjective] > formation man to man1922 man-for-man1923 wishbone1972 1922 E. J. Mather & E. D. Mitchell Basket Ball ix. 74 The professional team favors the man-to-man defense. 1927 G. S. Warner Football Coaches & Players 191 There are three..systems of defense to forward passing. These are zone defense, the man-to-man defense, and a modified form of man-to-man defense. 1937 F. C. Allen Better Basketball xviii. 291 It is to be noticed in charting these penetrating offensive plays against a zone defense that the setup of the offense is identical with that used in penetrating the man-for-man defense. 1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 181 b/2 There are several variations of the zone defense, and combinations of man-to-man and zone defense. 1970 G. Sullivan Pro Football A to Z 341 Zone defense, a type of pass defense in which each of the three linebackers and four deep backs is assigned to cover a specific area of the field. Zone defense contrasts with man-to-man defense. 1989 L. Holtz & J. Heisler Fighting Spirit (1990) xiv. 163 We were playing Purdue the next week—a team that plays a lot of man-to-man coverage. 2006 Star-Herald (Scottsbluff/Gering, Nebraska) 24 Feb. (Sports) 2B Gering managed to cut the deficit to 5–4.., but after that the Bearcats' man-to-man defense hounded Gering the rest of the half. < as lemmas |
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