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单词 wicket
释义
wicketwick‧et /ˈwɪkɪt/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwicket
Origin:
1200-1300 Old North French wiket
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • All the Sri Lankan wickets were taken by Yorkshiremen.
  • And the one wicket he didn't take?
  • Boughton Hall closed the gap with an eight wicket triumph at Huyton.
  • His 62 wickets at 7.28 put him top of the Minor County averages.
  • Richard Illingworth chipped in with the next wicket - Stephenson trapped leg before sweeping.
  • Such grabbed two wickets in Lancashire's second innings to justify a bold declaration by Graham Gooch.
  • The opposition quickly lost four wickets with only eight runs on the board but fading light saved them from defeat.
  • The pair shared a second wicket stand of 215 in 51 overs.
word sets
WORD SETS
bail, nounbat, verbbatsman, nounboundary, nounbowl, verbbowler, nounbowling, nouncatch, verbcentury, nouncrease, nouncricketer, noundismiss, verbduck, noungoogly, nouninfield, nouninnings, nounlbw, adverblob, verbloft, verbover, nounpavilion, nounpitch, verbpull, nounrun, nounsingle, nounsix, numberslip, nounspinner, nounstand, nounstump, nounstump, verbtest, nountest match, nounwicket, nounwicket keeper, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· When full-blown free trade eventually comes, the Windwards will be on a very sticky wicket.· Her speech went as well as was possible, given that it was being made on the stickiest of sticky Parliamentary wickets.
NOUN
· Turn left into Bleak Terrace and go back on to the Fell through the wicket gate to the village boundary wall.· The huddled figure shambled alongside the yew hedge towards the wicket gate.· Cranston pulled at the bell and they were allowed through a wicket gate built into the ponderous door.· He went up through the wicket gate and into the cemetery, a quiet, surprisingly well-kept plot.· Outside the wicket gate he paused for a moment before setting off along the Backs in the direction of the town centre.· The Co-operative also had double doors with a wicket gate leading into a cobbled yard.· We brought her in, four of us carrying her on a wicket gate.· But the rector was opening the wicket gate at the side of the public house, and vanished from sight.
· Border shared in a fourth wicket stand of 147 in 35 overs with Damien Martyn, who continued his impressive run.· The pair shared a second wicket stand of 215 in 51 overs.· Holding, though, stood firm, his share of an unbeaten last wicket stand being 12.
· And he is a marginally better bowler than Hick even if he's still seeking his first Test wicket.· Kapil hopes to go on to break Hadlee's overall record of 431 Test wickets.· Warne's figures 17 Test wickets at 15 runs apiece suggest there was only one winner.· Willis got him in the end, his last Test wicket.· But 400 Test wickets in the next dozen years?· First to go was Sidhu, another fine gully catch by Jones providing his fellow-Victorian Reiffel with his first Test wicket.
VERB
· Allan Warners spell claimed two quick wickets.· He had a lean time, claiming only two wickets altogether in Brisbane and the two Sydney Tests.
· Cracked willow pattern contains the lobster, scraping its claws like some one crouched to keep wicket at Lord's.
· Offerton lost eight wickets in reaching the target.· It was the first time they had lost by 10 wickets in 325 limited-over internationals.· Peverel lost their last six wickets for 26 and finished 39 short.· Stuart Low dominated the Queensland innings with 142 as they lost their last six wickets for only 52.· The scores were level, but Tattenhall lost fewer wickets.· But Bangor recovered from 42-4 to triumph without losing another wicket.· Mobberley lost only four wickets and needed only 31 overs to score the runs on a low-scoring weekend.· The Worcestershire innings has just begun, and they've already lost one wicket with one run on the board.
· He took nine wickets in an innings on seven occasions.· Read in studio Cricket ... Gloucestershire fast bowler Courtney Walsh has taken his fiftieth wicket of the season.· The little magician did take seven wickets but he had to bowl 97 overs to get them.· Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease.· In the return match at the Basin Reserve he took five wickets in the first innings and scored a handy 42.· Bootle made just 112, with Botham taking three wickets and Mike Mannion scoring 37.· Crawford retired from first-class cricket two years later, having scored over 7000 runs and taken more than 600 wickets in his career.· In one spell in the last session the Sri Lankans took three wickets for eight runs.
· Staffordshire won by four wickets with a ball to spare.· Thornaby won by eight wickets at Stockton.· They suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Hampshire, who won with two wickets to spare.· Redcar won by ten wickets in just 20 overs.· Crowe, with an unbeaten and classy 47, was Man of the Match as the Kiwis won by six wickets.· Hetton are only a point off the pacemakers after they won by six wickets Langley.· This was his second century in seven days but the game was won by five wickets at Bishop.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Cracked willow pattern contains the lobster, scraping its claws like some one crouched to keep wicket at Lord's.
be on a sticky wicket
one of two sets of three wooden sticks that are stuck in the ground in a game of cricket, which the bowler tries to hit with the ballstump, bail be on a sticky wicket at sticky
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