soccer

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɒk.ə/    美 /ˈsɑk.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Association football. Australia,Ireland,Philippines,US,uncountable
    — The 'Varsity played Aston Villa and were beaten after a very exciting game; this was pre-eminently the most important "Socker" game played in Oxford this term.
动词 v.
  1. To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
    — The rule seems to have encouraged players to soccer the ball along the ground.

词形变化

socker alternative socca alternative soccers present,singular,third-person soccering participle,present soccered participle,past soccered past socker alternative socca alternative

词源

词源 1
Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888.
Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.
词源 2
Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888.
Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.
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