cricket
翻译
板球, 蟋蟀
例句
He loves playing cricket in the summer.
他喜欢在夏天打板球。
I heard a cricket chirping at night.
我听到一只蟋蟀在晚上鸣叫。
That's not cricket; it's unfair.
那不光明正大；这不公平。
语法模式
to play cricket 打板球 He loves playing cricket in the summer.
((a)) cricket 一只蟋蟀 I heard a cricket chirping at night.
近义词
运动: baseball (棒球), rounders; 昆虫: grasshopper (蚱蜢)
词源
昆虫名源自古法语 'criquet'，模仿其叫声。运动名可能源自中古荷兰语 'kricke'（棍，杖）。
记忆技巧
想象一只昆虫（蟋蟀 cricket）正在用一根小球棒打板球（cricket）。这样就把两个意思联系起来了。