umpire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈʌm.paɪɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An official who presides over a sports match.
    — And you, O King, and you, O Goldry Bluszco, are likewise bound by oath to wrastle fairly and to abide by the ruling of me, the Red Foliot, whom ye are content to choose as your umpire.
  2. An official who presides over a sports match.; The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
  3. An official who presides over a sports match.; One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  4. An official who presides over a sports match.; One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
    — The umpire called the pitch a strike.
  5. An official who presides over a sports match.; The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
    — The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
  6. An official who presides over a sports match.; A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. There may be up to four umpires depending on the league. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
  7. An official who presides over a sports match.; The official who presides over a curling game.
  8. A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
    — You for their umpire and their ſynod take, / And their appeal alone to Cæſar make.
动词 v.
  1. To act as an umpire in a game. intransitive
  2. To decide as an umpire. transitive
    — Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.

词形变化

umpires plural umpires present,singular,third-person umpiring participle,present umpired participle,past umpired past

词汇关系

衍生词
chair umpire line umpire square leg umpire third umpire umpire-in-chief
相关词
nonpareil
并列词
referee

词源

词源 1
From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Doublet of nonpareil.
词源 2
From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Doublet of nonpareil.
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