noun🔗Share足球，橄榄球 (general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team."Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football."罗马时期和中世纪的足球比赛比任何现代足球运动都更加暴力。sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share足球 Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand."Each team scored three goals when they played football."每队踢足球的时候都进了三个球。sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share橄榄球 American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory."Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football."两队打橄榄球比赛时，各自得了两次触地得分。sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share加拿大式橄榄球，加式足球 Canadian football: a game played on a played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory."They played football in the snow."他们在雪地里踢加拿大式橄榄球。sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share澳式足球，澳 फुटबॉल (informal). (Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory) Australian rules football."The schoolyard in Melbourne was full of kids kicking footballs during lunch break. "墨尔本的校园里，午休时间到处都是踢澳式足球的孩子们。sportareagameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share盖尔足球, 爱尔兰足球 Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball."The sports store sells soccer balls and Gaelic footballs. "这家体育用品店卖足球和盖尔足球。sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share橄榄球 (New South Wales) rugby league."The kids down the street are playing footballs after school; I can hear them cheering. "街上的孩子们放学后在玩橄榄球，我都能听见他们欢呼的声音。sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share橄榄球 Rugby union."The shop sells both footballs for American football and rugby union footballs. "这家商店既卖美式橄榄球，也卖英式橄榄球。sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share足球，橄榄球 The ball used in any game called "football"."The player kicked the football."那个运动员踢了足球。sportgameitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share足球运动，足球技术 Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them."The school offers a variety of footballs, including American football and soccer, for students to choose from during gym class. "学校体育课上提供各种足球运动供学生选择，包括美式橄榄球和英式足球。sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share争议话题，争论点 An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner"That budget item became a political football."那个预算项目成了一个政治争议话题，各方争论不休。communicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share核足球，手提箱核武器控制系统 The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President."Because the President traveled by helicopter, two aides accompanied him, each carrying one of the "footballs." "由于总统乘坐直升机出行，因此有两位助手陪同，每人携带一个“核足球”。governmentmilitarypoliticsnationplanweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
