football

football
noun

[mass noun]any of various forms of team game involving kicking (and in some cases also handling) a ball, in particular (in the UK) soccer or (in the US) American football
足球运动（尤指英式足球，美式橄榄球）
■play in such a game, especially when stylish and entertaining
（尤指别具一格或精彩的）足球风格，踢法
his team played some impressive football.
他的球队踢法令人印象深刻。
Various forms of football have been played in many countries, and in many the ball may be handled as well as kicked. Most of those now played are derived ultimately from soccer (which developed in 19th-century English public schools from a rowdy medieval game with few rules) or from rugby
a ball used in such a game, either round (as in soccer) or oval (as in rugby and American football) and typically made of leather or plastic and filled with compressed air
足球；橄榄球
■(figurative)a topical issue or problem that is the subject of continued argument or controversy
(喻)争论不休的话题，被踢来踢去的难题
the use of education as a political football.
把教育当作一个倍受人们争论的政治难题。

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footballer
noun
footballing
adjective

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