cricket

1.蟋蟀，拟声词，模仿蟋蟀的叫声。

2.板球，词源同crook, crank, 因最早便用的曲棍而得名。

cricket

cricket: English has two completely unrelated words cricket. The name of the small grasshopper-like insect [14] comes from Old French criquet, a derivative of the verb criquer ‘click, creak’, which no doubt originated as an imitation of the sound itself. The origins of the name of the game cricket [16] have never been satisfactorily explained. One explanation often advanced is that it comes from Old French criquet ‘stick’, or its possible source, Flemish krick, although it is not clear whether the original reference may have been to the stick at which the ball was aimed (the forerunner of the modern stumps) or to the stick, or bat, used to hit the ball.

Another possible candidate is Flemish krickstoel, a long low stool with a shape reminiscent of the early types of wicket.

cricket (n.1)

the insect, early 14c., from Old French criquet (12c.) "a cricket," from criquer "to creak, rattle, crackle," of echoic origin.

cricket (n.2)

the game, 1590s, apparently from Old French criquet "goal post, stick," perhaps from Middle Dutch/Middle Flemish cricke "stick, staff," perhaps from the same root as crutch. Sense of "fair play" is first recorded 1851, on notion of "cricket as it should be played."

1. The pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.

可惜的是美国人不打板球。

2. By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport.

让人感到惊奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜欢的运动。

3. There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd.

板球比赛能激起观众热情的地方很少。

4. He officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket yesterday.

他昨天正式宣布退出甲级板球赛。

5. The future quality of West Indian cricket looks promising.

西印度群岛的板球运动看起来前景光明。