punt
n. 踢懸空球; 平底船; 下賭注者
vi. 用篙撐(方頭平底船); 下賭注; 棄踢; [美俚]撒手不幹
vt. [足]踢懸空球; 向莊家下賭注; 乘方頭或平底船旅行
A punt is a long boat with a flat bottom. You move the boat along by standing at one end and pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river.
When you punt, you travel along a river in a punt.
We punted up towards Grantchester and had a picnic in a meadow.
我們乘坐平底長船溯河而上到格蘭切斯特,在草地上舉行野餐。
The punt was the unit of money used in the Republic of Ireland before it was replaced by the euro.
The round-trip fare to Havana is 550 Irish punts ($673).
去哈瓦那的往返票價是550愛爾蘭鎊(673美元)。
In rugby and American football, a punt is a kick where you drop the ball and then kick it before it reaches the ground, so that it goes a long way.
He caught a punt and scored the winning touchdown, with a minute left to play.
他接住對方的棄踢球,成功達陣,取得了制勝得分,此時比賽只剩最後一分鐘。
...a 66-yard punt return
一個66碼的凌空回踢
1. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
2. an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
3. (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground;
1. kick the ball
2. propel with a pole;
3. place a bet on;
take (或 have) a punt at
(澳/紐西蘭,非正式)試圖做;努力做
She soon learned to punt.
她很快就學會了撐方頭平底船.
Never punt a gnome without due cause.
不要隨便踢侏儒.
It was a dubious punt back then.
但這是把雙刃劍.
To propel ( a ball ) by means of a punt.
踢用踢的方式來驅策 ( 球 )
Football To run with ( the ball ) after a kickoff, a punt, an interception, or a fumble.
在開球 、 懸空球 、 攔截或失球后的帶 ( 球 ) 跑.