wicket

noun

/ˈwɪkɪt/

Idioms

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(in cricket板球) either of the two sets of three sticks standing in the ground (called stumps) with pieces of wood (called bails) lying across the top. The bowler tries to hit the wicket with the ball.三柱门
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
the area of ground between the two wickets两个三柱门之间的场地

词源Middle English (in the sense ‘small door or grille’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French wiket; origin uncertain, usually referred to the Germanic root of Old Norse vīkja ‘to turn, move’. The current cricket senses date from the late 17th cent.

Idioms

keep wicket

to act as a wicketkeeper防守三柱门Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

a sticky wicket

(British English, informal) a difficult situation困难的处境

词汇	wicket
释义	wicket noun /ˈwɪkɪt/ /ˈwɪkɪt/ Idioms enlarge image (in cricket板球) either of the two sets of three sticks standing in the ground (called stumps) with pieces of wood (called bails) lying across the top. The bowler tries to hit the wicket with the ball.三柱门 Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2 the area of ground between the two wickets两个三柱门之间的场地词源Middle English (in the sense ‘small door or grille’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French wiket; origin uncertain, usually referred to the Germanic root of Old Norse vīkja ‘to turn, move’. The current cricket senses date from the late 17th cent. Idioms keep wicket to act as a wicketkeeper防守三柱门Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2 a sticky wicket (British English, informal) a difficult situation困难的处境
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