halfback

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈhæfˌbæk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
  2. A player who occupies one of these positions.; An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays.
  3. A player who occupies one of these positions.; A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside. Canadian
  4. A player who occupies one of these positions.; A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
  5. A player who occupies one of these positions.; One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
  6. A player who occupies one of these positions.; The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
  7. A person from the northern United States who moves to Florida, but then due to the heat or other issues, moves again to a more temperate climate, primarily the Carolinas.
    — Four years ago, Diane got a small inheritance and they became what Paul Klein calls “halfbacks” — people who moved to Florida from the North and have progressed partly back.
动词 v.
  1. To play in the position of halfback.

词形变化

halfbacks plural halfbacks present,singular,third-person halfbacking participle,present halfbacked participle,past halfbacked past

词汇关系

衍生词
defensive halfback

词源

词源 1
From half + back, in reference to position on the field of play; compare fullback.
In the sense of someone who moves to Florida and then to a more temperate climate, from moving "half way back"
词源 2
From half + back, in reference to position on the field of play; compare fullback.
In the sense of someone who moves to Florida and then to a more temperate climate, from moving "half way back"
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