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yellow card

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Football
ˌyellow ˈcard noun [countable]  DSFa yellow card held up by a football referee to show that a player has done something wrong 〔足球裁判对犯规球员出示的〕黄牌 red card
Examples from the Corpus
yellow cardAs he came on, Rocky got a great reception from the crowd and a yellow card from the referee.The Boro skipper raced across the field to remonstrate with the official and was lucky to escape with just a yellow card.Then Aunt Della took a folded yellow card out of the box.And anyway, I ain't got my yellow card on me.The offence merited the second yellow card that would have put Ferguson off the park.He was fortunate to be shown only the yellow card.Bent's jaw was broken in four places, and Penney was shown the yellow card.
ˌyellow ˈcard nounChineseSyllable
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yellow card
ˌyellow ˈcard noun [countable]
a yellow card held up by a football referee to show that a player has done something wrong ⇨ red card


yellow cardBrE /ˌjeləʊ ˈkɑːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌjeloʊ ˈkɑːrd/ 🔊 noun(in football (soccer) 足球) a card shown by the referee to a player as a warning about bad behaviour 黄牌(由裁判员出示,作为对犯规行为的警告)   compare red card