| 单词 | scoring circle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscoring circle scoring circle n. (in various team sports and games) a marked area on the playing surface, spec. (a) chiefly Hockey and Lacrosse either of the marked areas in front of or surrounding the goal at each end of the pitch; (b) a marked area into which a playing piece must land in order for any points to be scored. ΚΠ 1890 Boston Daily Globe 16 Oct. 7/1 Pools of water lay in spots, the scoring circle and that portion of the track in front of the stand being muddy. 1925 Teaching May 20 Goal keeper fouls if he steps outside the scoring circle while the ball is in play. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 13 Mar. They left only two guard rocks outside the scoring circle which Canadian second Doug McFarlane cleared with one shot. 2003 K. Hosseini Kite Runner (2004) iii. 18 A chapandaz, a highly skilled horseman usually patronized by rich aficionados, has to snatch a goat or cattle carcass from the midst of a melee, carry that carcass with him around the stadium at full gallop, and drop it in a scoring circle while a team of other chapandaz chases him and does everything in its power—kick, claw, whip, punch—to snatch the carcass from him. 2016 Manningham Leader (Austral.) (Nexis) 29 Aug. 64 Meaden won a tough trap and passed to Daniel McBride who pushed into the scoring circle and found an Essendon foot to set up the first short corner of the match. < as lemmas |
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