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rug·by /ˈrʌɡbi/ ●●● S3 (also rugby football) noun [uncountable]  DSOan outdoor game played by two teams with an oval (=egg-shaped) ball that you kick or carry （英式）橄榄球

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rugby• The Human Piranha was short and square, like the hooker on a rugby team.• I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary, but nothing like this.• He claimed players applying for reinstatement should not be prejudiced by the amount of money they received from rugby league.• Very few people want to play rugby league.• First though it's rugby and crunch time in the Courage League tomorrow.• The rugby club are helping with the organisation.• A seven-hour festival of youth rugby will be staged at Bristol's Memorial Ground next Sunday.nRug·by /ˈrʌɡbi/  na town in central England best known for the public school (=expensive private school) called Rugby School, where the game of rugby was first playedOrigin rugby (1800-1900) Rugby School in England, where the game is said to have been invented

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Corpus played with by teams an two outdoor game

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Rug‧by /ˈrʌɡbi/
a town in central England best known for the public school (=expensive private school) called Rugby School, where the game of rugby was first played

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rug‧by /ˈrʌɡbi/ (also ˌrugby ˈfootball) noun [uncountable]an outdoor game played by two teams with an oval (=egg-shaped) ball that you kick or carry

rugbyBrE /ˈrʌɡbi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrʌɡbi/ 🔊 (sometimes Rugby) (also ˌrugby ˈfootball) noun [uncountable]

a game played by two teams of 13 or 15 players, using an oval ball which may be kicked or carried. Teams try to put the ball over the other team's line. 橄榄球运动 ORIGIN Named after Rugby school, where the game was first played. 以第一次开展橄榄球运动的拉格比学校命名。