playing field
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈplaying field noun [countable] DSPLAY A GAME OR SPORTa large piece of ground with areas marked out for playing football, cricket etc 〔足球、板球等的〕运动场 SYN pitch → level playing field at level2(3)
Examples from the Corpus
playing field• There is a playing field with equipment for the younger members of the community, and a football and cricket pitch.• In this sense, the global Journal levels the business playing field between business people in Peoria and Pretoria.• His parachute was caught by turbulence as he came in to land on a school playing field.• The report released Thursday had no immediate suggestions for how to even the playing field.• Cypherpunks intend to level the playing field against centralized computer resources with the Fax Effect.• The boys wore the same grey shorts and jerseys; the band was practising, marching and counter-marching on the playing field.• On this playing field, actions speak louder than words.ˈplaying field nounChineseSyllable
Corpus areas a piece of large with ground
playing field
ˈplaying field
noun [countable]
a large piece of ground with areas marked out for playing football, cricket etc
SYN pitch
⇨ level playing field at level1(8)
ˈplaying field
noun [countable]a large piece of ground with areas marked out for playing football, cricket etc
SYN pitch
⇨ level playing field at level1(8)
