hockey

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hock·ey /ˈhɒki $ ˈhɑːki/ ●●○ noun [uncountable]  1. British EnglishDSO a game played on grass by two teams of 11 players, with sticks and a ball 曲棍球 SYN American English field hockey →5  See picture of HOCKEY 冰球；曲棍球2. American EnglishDSO a game similar to hockey, but played on ice 冰球，冰上曲棍球〔运动〕 SYN British English ice hockey

Examples from the Corpus

hockey• Soccer and hockey leagues also are planned.• At hockey there was a vacancy for the goalkeeper and that had been my position in the school team.• And then the three of them join Peter in a makeshift game of baseball, hockey, or soccer.• On Wednesdays I train for hockey in the local indoor leisure centre.• Bully off: A new girls' hockey tournament bullies off next month at Stockton sports centre.• The Hansons were played by three young minor-league hockey players.• A: They are happy that I play hockey, but they are unhappy that I get hurt sometimes.Origin hockey (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old French hoquet “curved stick used by shepherds”, from hoc “hook”

hock·ey nounChineseSyllable  

grass by of two played 11 a game on Corpus teams

hockey
hock‧ey /ˈhɒki $ ˈhɑːki/ noun [uncountable]1. British English a game played on grass by two teams of 11 players, with sticks and a ball
   SYN  field hockey American English
2.
  American English a game similar to hockey, but played on ice
   SYN  ice hockey British English

hockeyBrE /ˈhɒki/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɑːki/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]

(BrE) (NAmE ˈfield hockey) a game played on a field by two teams of 11 players, with curved sticks and a small hard ball. Teams try to hit the ball into the other team's goal. 曲棍球◆to play hockey打曲棍球◆a hockey stick/player/team 曲棍球球棍／球员／球队

(NAmE) (BrE ˈice hockey) a game played on ice, in which players use long sticks to hit a hard rubber disc (called a puck) into the other team's goal 冰球运动；冰上曲棍球