kickoff是什么意思？

kickoff

英['kɪk'ɔ:f] 美['kɪkˌɔf]

• n. （足球）开球，（社会集会等）开始；

例句

• They used a power play to return the kickoff. 他们在开球后采用集中进攻发动回球反攻.
• Sergio Almiron is eager to kickoff his Juventus career. 阿尔米隆非常渴望为尤文效力.
• Taking stroll before kickoff, we met many cadets neatly pressed uniforms. 开始之前,处转转, 碰许多穿着整齐制服学员.
• Before kickoff, parents and grandparents milled and mingled and doddered and eventually sat down. 开球之前, 父母与祖父母们走来走去,混在一起,有的步履蹒跚,而最终都坐了下来.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  （足球赛的）开赛
  In football, the kick-off is the time at which a particular game starts.
  例句
  The kick-off is at 1.30. 开赛时间是1点30分。
• N-COUNT
  （橄榄球赛的）开球
  In American football, a kickoff is the kick that begins a play, for example at the beginning of a half or after a touchdown or field goal.
• N-SING
  （事件或活动的）开始，开幕
  The kick-off of an event or activity is its beginning.
  例句
  People stood waiting for the kick-off of the parade. 人们站着等候游行的开始。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
  2. the time at which something is supposed to begin;
  "they got an early start""she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
  3. a start given to contestants;
  "I was there with my parents at the kickoff"