punt
- IPA[pʌnt]
英式
- kick (the ball) a long distance upfield；kick (the ball) after it has dropped from the hands and before it reaches the ground
- an act of punting a ball
verb: punt, 3rd person present: punts, gerund or present participle: punting, past tense: punted, past participle: punted
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動詞
- 1. kick (the ball) a long distance upfield the Leeds player kindly punted the ball back to them
- 2. kick (the ball) after it has dropped from the hands and before it reaches the ground he used to be able to punt a football farther than anyone
- ▪ (of an offensive team) turn possession over to the defensive team by punting the ball after failing to make a first down the Raiders could get nowhere with their possession, and had to punt
- 3. US delay in answering or taking action; equivocate he would continue to punt on questions of Medicare
名詞
- 1. an act of punting a ball Wood failed to cut out a long punt from Nicholas
- a curving shot at goal from a narrow angle: he attempts an audacious checkside punt that hits the behind post
Oxford Dictionary
- a kick in which the ball is held vertically and dropped on to the foot: his drop punt from 35 metres out never looked like missing
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- IPA[pənt]
美式
- bet or speculate on something; gamble: investors are punting on a takeover
- a bet or gamble: many investors will take a punt on the chance that the shares will recover in the lottery of life it's important to take a punt
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[pʌnt]
英式
- bet or speculate on something; gamble: investors are punting on a takeover
- a bet or gamble: many investors will take a punt on the chance that the shares will recover in the lottery of life it's important to take a punt
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[pənt]
美式
- kick (the ball) after it is dropped from the hands and before it reaches the ground: he used to be able to punt a football farther than anyone
- an act of punting a ball: Wood failed to cut out a long punt from Nicholas
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[pənt]
美式
- a long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on ...
- travel in a punt: in summer you can enjoy punting along the river
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[pʌnt]
英式
- a long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on ...
- travel in a punt: in summer you can enjoy punting along the river
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[po͝ont]
美式
- the basic monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland (until replaced by the euro), equal to 100 ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[pʊnt]
英式
- (until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of the Republic of ...
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